Found this link at another flu site.Has it been posted here before ? If it has,mods please delete
From what I read whilst skimming, they are talking about having folks SIP at the plants. Talk about MREs
My BIO works at a nuke plant near here. He’s already been told that he would be expected to stay AT THE PLANT for 6 months. Since he’s a “jack-of-all-trades” there, he’s considered essential personnel, and would take the place of anyone who didn’t show up.
cactus - Great find.
It’s a bit reassuring that what we have been discussing here at fluwiki is actually happening. (fingers crossed - hope they can pull it off).
cactus, on another note, I WAS going to go to sleep early tonight. But, NOOooooooOO, I just had to check the Fluwiki one more time. Now I got 90 pages to study for tommorrows fluwiki dissection class. ;-D
PAGE 6!
PPF!
Love it!
bumped because bronco bill is broncoing
I clicked on the tiny link. it’s a NRC document.
I don’t think I will ever be allowed to fly again! ;-) I doubt even cookie cleaning will help.
I live 15 miles upwind from a nuclear power plant. Thanks for the read cactus.
Very interesting. Thanks Cactus. I don’t know whether to be relieved that they are making plans or more concerned BECAUSE they are making plans.
Chesapeake — 06 December 2006, 06:02 --- Would that be Surry?
Some quotes:
Multiple waves of illness (periods during which community outbreaks occur across the country) are likely to occur with each wave lasting 2 to 3 months.
Depending on the severity of a pandemic, absenteeism attributable to illness, the need to care for ill family members, and fear of infection may reach 40 percent during the peak weeks of a community outbreak with lower rates of absenteeism during the weeks before and after the peak. Certain public health measures (e.g., closing schools) are likely to increase rates of absenteeism.
The anticipated scenario presumes 40 percent absenteeism during the peak of a pandemic wave.
Reconstitution may be as simple as employees returning to work, a much more complex and extended process involving decontamination and relocation to new work locations, and/or the replacement of staff that have died.
There may even be partial reconstitution between peaks of the pandemic waves. something to watch: Once a clear and predictable threat is apparent, the Executive Team, led by the Chairman or designee (typically a member of the Commission), will consider forming a special management team, or the Pandemic Executive Team (PET), to follow the progress of the pandemic threat and to monitor the situation, communicate and coordinate with external and internal stakeholders, and prepare to implement the Pandemic Response Plan.
Predesignate shifts for response, support, and security that would simply report for 12 hours, then go home to rest and return the following day for their next shift if they feel healthy. This is a normal shift staffing approach to incident response duties. There will likely be some infection; however, with sufficient team depth and limited mortality rates, the risk should be kept relatively low. Response personnel would be expected to continue to report for duty as their health and needs dictate.
If mortality rates are higher, sickness could become more virulent and shift teams would have to report up to 2 days early and be sequestered before entering the Operations Center. More team depth would be needed, but sequestering could reduce or eliminate the need for quick screening (which is currently not possible).
Ultimately, teams may have to be sequestered for the duration of Operations Center staffing. Relief shifts, if needed, would need to be sequestered before entering the Operations Center. Food and other supplies would need to be decontaminated before delivery to the clean workspace. One option for ensuring uncontaminated food is supplied to the Operations Center staff is to provide meals ready to eat (MREs) or other types of prepackaged and pre-delivered foods. Sequestering for days or weeks will require substantial provisions for dealing with family issues.
Plans for pandemic conditions must cover the possibility that some people will be on duty for extended periods. Their personal concerns may range from personal medical needs to the safety of their homes and families and are not definable in advance. The following personal assistance provisions will be available: HR offers an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through an interagency agreement between NRC and FedSource, a Governmentwide program sponsored by the Treasury Department. This service is coordinated through ADM/Division of Contracts. Although not specifically intended for use in situations like a pandemic, EAP counselors may be able to help reduce personal stress, obtain information about the status of a relative, or otherwise help alleviate concerns. Cooperation with other organizations is encouraged. In other words, families are on their own.
Wireless Priority Service is referred to as the Nationwide Wireless Priority Service (WPS). WPS users have the ability to queue at the top for the next available capacity from their closest base station in order to place their call, greatly enhancing their ability to complete wireless calls during these critical times and assist the situation. WPS is available only to designated leadership at all government levels and, therefore, should be carried by each PET member and senior leadership at the COOP site.
Wireless Priority Service:
During emergencies cellular networks can experience congestion due to increased call volumes and/or damage to network facilities, severely curtailing the ability of National Security/Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) personnel to make emergency calls. With an increasing number of NS/EP personnel relying on cell phones while performing their emergency duties, Wireless Priority Service was developed to provide priority for emergency calls made from cellular telephones.
Key Federal, state, local, and tribal government, and critical infrastructure personnel are eligible for Wireless Priority Service. Typical users are responsible for the command and control functions critical to management of and response to national security and emergency situations. Wireless Priority Service is an easy-to-use, add-on feature subscribed on a per-cell phone basis; no special phones are required.
Wireless Priority Service is implemented as software enhancements to cellular networks, and is being deployed by cellular service providers in their coverage areas throughout the United States.
Bronco Bill at 11:52, no, it is Calvert Cliffs
Chesapeake at 15:11 --- okay…just curious. I live just across the river from Surry
BB: I can see sequoyah
I’m glad to see plants finally talking about sip for 6 months. Now they have to realize that workers families need to be protected or the workers will walk out.
In the last month there have been several nuclear problems show up in the U.S. Is this the normal or is this just my mind thinking too much? I have seen this and read it on RSOE HAVARIA,emergency and disaster info. service