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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 />