ML040850367

New Hampshire - Ki Request for 65 Mg. Potassium Iodide Tablets

ML040850367
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Site:	Seabrook, Vermont Yankee  File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	03/08/2004
From:	Cheney B State of NH, Office of Emergency Management
To:	Weiss E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Millian P NRR/EPPO 415-2223
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A5 t 4 i: 4-4' rS State of New Hampshire Department of Safety 0'k'?4s Richard M. Flynn, Commissioner I Earl M. Sweeney, Assistant Commissioner Division of Fire Safety & Emergency Management Bureau of Emergency Management Bruce G. Cheney, ENP, Director Office: 107 Pleasant Street, Concord, N.H.

Mailing Address: 33 Hazen Drive, Concord, N.H. 03305 603-271-2231, 1-800-852-3792, FAX 603-225-7341 March 8, 2004 Eric W. Weiss, Chief Emergency Preparedness and Health Physics Section U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Re: Request for 65 mg. Potassium Iodide Tablets

Dear Chief Weiss:

On behalf of Governor Craig Benson, I am requesting that the State of New Hampshire be provided with a stockpile of 65 mg. potassium iodide (KI) tablets to serve the youth and juvenile populations residing within the Emergency Planning Zones (EPZs) for the Seabrook Station and Vermont Yankee nuclear power plants.

It is our intent to utilize this supplemental stockpile in accordance with a plan that has been submitted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Our plan includes a system for pre-distribution of KI within each of the EPZs, as well as distribution from the state-operated evacuation reception centers during'an emergency event.

The table below summarizes our KI needs for the State of New Hampshire:

- EPZ- Description Quantity Seabrook Station General Population <18 Years Of Age 23,414 Seabrook Station Special Population (Schools & day care facilities) 20,600 Vermont Yankee General Population <18 Years Of Age 5,285 Vermont Yankee Special Population (Schools & day care facilities) 1,908 Population Subtotal: 51,207 Multiply times 2 (65 mg.) tablets per child X2 X Total Stockpile Request for New Hampshire: 102,414 I . a I , ... . . . . . . ..

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State of New Hampshire TDD Access: Relay NH 1-800-735-2964

Eric W. Weiss, Chief Page 2 March 8, 2004 The contact person who is authorized to receive KI is Bruce G. Cheney, Director of the Bureau of Emergency Management. The shipping address is: Pharmacy, New Hampshire Hospital, 36 Clinton Street, Concord, N.H. 03301 (Tel. 603-271-5300).

We look forward to your affirmative response to our request. Should you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

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