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• Electric power outage; <br /> • Surface and air transportation disruption; <br /> • Telecommunications system outage; <br /> • Human and health safety; <br /> • Psychological hardship; <br /> • Economic disruption; <br /> • Disruption of community services; <br /> • Damage to critical environmental resources; and <br /> • Toxic releases. <br /> Because of its location relative to the St. Lucie nuclear power <br /> plant, parts of Indian River County have a high vulnerability to <br /> a nuclear power plant accident or nuclear materials release. <br /> While the County's level of vulnerability is high, the frequency <br /> with which nuclear power plant accidents occur is very low, and <br /> the overall risk to the citizens of Indian River County is <br /> therefore considered low. Nuclear emergency in Indian River <br /> County has received massive emergency management <br /> attention at all levels of government. Emergency management <br /> planning and regulation relative to nuclear power plant <br /> accidents exists at the Federal, State, local, and corporate <br /> levels. <br /> Risk Assessment. <br /> Although extensive safeguards are required, accidents can <br /> occur. These could affect large populations through the <br /> accidental release of radiation. Other sources of radiological <br /> accidents can occur through transportation of radioactive <br /> materials and the launching of spacecraft from Kennedy Space <br /> Center. In addition, the King's Bay Nuclear Submarine Base is <br /> located in St. Mary's, Georgia, just across the state boundary <br /> of Northeast Florida. Although the facility has the potential to <br /> use and store nuclear materials, as a military facility it is not <br /> required to conduct the same radiological emergency <br /> preparedness programs as nuclear power plants, nor do they <br /> identify evacuation zones or ingestion pathways. Release of <br /> radiological materials due to a facility or transportation-related <br /> accident has the potential for affecting a number of Northeast <br /> Florida counties. <br /> Extent: Due to the low probability of occurrence, this hazard <br /> will not be fully profiled. <br /> Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Basic Page 61 <br />