Monticello Emergency Planning Guide Page 1 Get the Xcel Energy Important emergency information Nuclear Planning App Ready Monti Please read and keep this guide. It includes new and Available for Android and Apple at: revised information for you that is federally required. xcelenergy.com | © 2018 Xcel Energy Inc. | Xcel Energy is a registered trademark of Xcel Energy Inc. | 18-11-103 PRESORTED STANDARD MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID TWIN CITIES, MN Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant PERMIT NO. 26296 Emergency Preparedness 414 Nicollet Mall, 414-5 Minneapolis, MN 55401 IMPORTANT EMERGENCY INFORMATION Please read and keep this guide. It includes new and revised information for you that is federally required. Get the Xcel Energy Nuclear Planning App Ready Monti 2019MONTICELLO Available for Android and Apple at: Emergency Planning Guide • For neighbors of Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Google Play and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google LLC. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, and iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. Monticello Emergency Planning Guide Page 21 2019 Emergency Planning Guide for neighbors of Monticello Nuclear MONTICELLO Generating Plant Keep phone lines open Important emergency During an area-wide emergency, do NOT call Xcel Energy, local law enforcement or the fire department for information. Important emergency Information They need clear phone lines for emergency calls. Instead use Please read and keep this guide. It is updated the emergency hotline number: 651.297.1304 (metro area) or information annually and includes new and revised 800.657.3504 (non-metro). information for you that is federally required. For more information: Table of contents Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant is owned and operated by Visit our website: www.xcelenergy.com Notification methods........................2 Northern States Power Company (NSP) – Minnesota, an >> Search for Nuclear Safety Evacuation information ......................3 Xcel Energy Company. This guide is for people who live, work, or go to school within 10 miles of the nuclear generating plant. Contact us by email: [email protected] Evacuation route and reception center map .....4 It provides information about radiation and instructions for Actions for school children ...................5 what to do in the unlikely event of an incident. Keep it handy Or write us at: Special assistance..........................6 so you can find it easily in case of an emergency. Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Emergency Preparedness Shelter-in-place information..................7 What do you do in case of an emergency? 414 Nicollet Mall, 414-5 Potassium Iodide (KI)........................8 The best way to be safe in any emergency is to be prepared. Minneapolis, MN 55401 Farmers, processors and distributors ........9-10 Please read and save this information. Follow instructions, Monticello Emergency Planning Zone map .....11 stay tuned to your local radio or television and remain calm. Social media links HSEM Facebook: Emergency planning and emergency https://www.facebook.com/MnHSEM/ classification levels ........................13 HSEM Twitter: Information on nuclear generating plants https://twitter.com/MnDPS_HSEM (@MnDPS_HSEM) and radiation ..........................14-15 DPS Instagram: Preparedness summary.....................16 https://www.instagram.com/minnesota_dps/ (@minnesota_dps) Personal planning guide ....................17 DPS YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MNDPS/ Potassium Iodide (KI) voucher.............32-33 In the unlikely event of a nuclear generating Turn on your local radio or television station. After the Emergency Notification Systems plant accident, how would you be notified? siren sounds, your local station will have instructions. Radio The Wright and Sherburne County Notification Systems are If the public needs to take shelter or evacuate, outdoor stations listed below will give up-to-the-minute information a high volume-high speed communications service available warning sirens will sound. Listen for a steady siren tone about what to do and where to go. for mass emergency notifications. Residents and businesses lasting three minutes. Each station is a member of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). are able to add or update their contact information to ensure Public Information Messages will also be sent using the This system allows local and state officials to interrupt local they will be included when a message is sent for all hazards Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS). programming with emergency information. All stations listed notifications, to include the unlikely event of a nuclear power below are on the air 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. plant incident. The system allows for unlisted numbers, mobile PAWS is made up of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and numbers, and TDD/TTY requirements to be loaded. Contact Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) System. WJON St. Cloud 1240 AM information added into the system will only be used to notify you KRWC Buffalo 1360 AM of an emergency situation and is not shared. EAS will broadcast emergency information over most AM and FM WQPM Princeton 1300 AM radios, TV stations including cable, and NOAA Weather Radios. WCCO Minneapolis 830 AM For Wright County residents, you can have your information KNOW (MPR) St. Paul 91.1 FM added into the system by going to the following website: The Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) System will send https://www.co.wright.mn.us messages to mobile/cellular devices located in Wright and If a siren is activated for an incident at the nuclear Sherburne Counties. generating plant, an EAS message will be broadcast For Sherburne County residents, you can have your information immediately by local stations. added into the system by going to the following website: https://public.coderedweb.com/CNE/BF02864DCC54 Siren tests are conducted the first Wednesday of each month at 1 p.m. If you have concerns that a siren did not sound when it should have, or has somehow malfunctioned, please call your local emergency manager. Numbers are listed in this guide. WHEN YOU HEAR A SIREN, LOUDSPEAKER In addition to the monthly first Wednesday siren test, the OR WEATHER-ALERT RADIO WARNING, sirens will be periodically tested to ensure maximum siren GO INDOORS, TUNE TO A LOCAL RADIO availability. During these tests, you may hear sirens activate OR LOCAL TV STATION. PLEASE for 10-15 seconds. This short activation is part of maintenance DO NOT CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT testing. These brief tests will typically be done on Wednesdays AUTHORITIES. CHECK IN WITH YOUR but may also be performed at other times such as well after a NEIGHBORS TO ENSURE THEY HEARD AND severe storm has passed to check for any damage to the sirens. UNDERSTOOD THE WARNING MESSAGE. Remember, a siren alert signal will last for a full three minutes, and maintenance testing may last from 10-15 seconds. Monticello Emergency Planning Guide Page 2 Monticello Emergency Planning Guide Page 3 If you have to evacuate, What happens at the reception center? Evacuate what should you take along? People arriving at the reception center will be registered What exactly should you do Take the following items: and monitored for radiological contamination. The if asked to evacuate? • Prescription medicines reception center will also monitor vehicles and household If you are asked to evacuate, follow instructions promptly. • Baby formula and diapers pets for contamination. If contamination is detected, Don’t panic. You will have time to pack a few personal items • Cash, credit cards and checkbook specially-trained personnel will provide decontamination. and secure your home as if you were going on vacation, unless • Two changes of clothing per person Medical services will also be available. Potassium iodide (KI) is radio instructions tell you otherwise. • Portable radio and flashlight, both with working batteries not provided at the reception center (see KI section on page 8). • First-aid kit All normal traffic laws will be maintained. Your local law • Potassium Iodide (KI) Where can you stay after evacuating? After registering at the emergency reception center: enforcement agency will assist with evacuation. • Pillows, sleeping bags and personal hygiene items • You can stay with a friend or relative outside of the • Household pets, cages and supplies (food) Once you hear the evacuation order over the radio or television, affected area. • For information about sheltering of exhibition or other follow the instructions given by local and state authorities. • You can stay at an American Red Cross shelter large animals (such as horses), please refer to page 9. • Close all doors and windows. Pack a few personal items and (congregate care center). • Wet cloths or towels prepare your home as if you were leaving on vacation. • Position the “NOTIFIED” sign found in the back of this If instructed to evacuate, If you have to evacuate, what NOT to bring to brochure to an easily seen front window, door or mailbox check before you leave: the reception center? so authorities will know you have evacuated. • Shut windows and close blinds and draperies. • Alcohol • Assist neighbors, if possible, if they need transportation out • Prepare your home as if you were going on a vacation. • Guns or weapons of any kind of the area. • Check your home for security – lock doors, windows, etc. • Illegal drugs • Follow radio instructions to evacuate to the emergency • Position the “NOTIFIED” sign found in the back of this reception center. brochure in an easily seen front window or door or tie • See the evacuation route map for directions to the something white on the front door of your home or reception center. your mailbox. • Drive the most direct route to proceed to the • Assist senior adults or mobility disabled neighbors, if reception center or as directed in the EAS message. possible, with evacuation. • While evacuating during a General Emergency, the most • Place pet in a portable cage and evacuate with family. serious category of event, you will be directed to take potassium iodide (KI).