ML040990394
| ML040990394 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Mcguire, Catawba, Harris, Brunswick, McGuire  |
| Issue date: | 03/20/2004 |
| From: | Devlin L, Pierce T, Taylor K State of NC, State of NC, Dept of Environment & Natural Resources |
| To: | Weiss E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| Milligan P ,NRR/EPPO A, 415-2223 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML040990394 (2) | |
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North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health
- Office of the State Health Director 1915 Mail Service Center
- Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1915 Tel919-733-7081
- Fax919-715-3104 Michael F. Easley, Governor Leah Devlin, DDS, MPH Carmen Hooker Odom, Secretary State Health Director March 20,2004 Mr. Eric Weiss Chief, Emergency Preparedness and Health Physics Section US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555
Dear Mr. Weiss:
We are writing to request 181, 810 sixty-five (65) milligram tablets for stockpiling and distribution to North Carolina's child and teen-age populations within the I /-mile Emergency Planning Zones (EPZ) of the four nuclear power plants in or adjacent to North Carolina.
The request for 187,500 tablets is based on the following:
We calculated the proportion of North Carolina's population age 0 to 18 years old (the age group for which 65 mg is recommended) to be 25% based on Year 2002 North Carolina Demographic Data. We then applied that percentage to the most recent nuclear power plant-specific 10-mile EPZ population estimates below and multiplied by two (two tablets per individual 0-18 yrs) to determine the total number of tablets.
I 0-Mile Emergencv Planning Zone (EPZ) Population (Data from Individual Plant Emergency Evacuation Studies)
NUCLEAR POWER FACILITY PERMANENT EPZ TRANSIENT EPZ POPULATION POPULATION McGuire Nuclear Station 132,000 15,600 (Duke Power)
Brunswick Nuclear Plant 27,348 119,706 (Progress Energy)
Harris Nuclear Plant 31,000 10,000 (Progress Energy)
Catawba Nuclear Power Station 17,280 8,684 (Duke Power-NC EPZ)
TOTAL EPZ POPULATION 207,628 153,990 Combined EPZs (Penn + Transient) 363,618 Proportion Ages 0-18 yrs x-25 Population Ages 0-18 yrs 90,905 Two 65-mg tablets per person x
2 181,810 tablets requested Em 7yWhere. EveiyDay. EveryBody.
Location: 1330 St. Mary,Street Raleigh, N.C 27605
I Eric Weiss Page 2 March 20, 2004 The person designated to receive the potassium iodide for the State of North Carolina is our public health pharmacist, Margaret Haas, Pharm.D. She may be reached via e-mail at margaret.haasEanemaii.net or by phone at (919) 715-0093.
Because we would like to begin distribution to child care centers in early May, delivery by May 1, 2004 would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Dr. Haas in advance to let us know roughly the date of delivery. The potassium iodide should be shipped to the following address:
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health Bath Building 306 North Wilmington Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27611 Attn. Dr. Margaret Haas, Public Health Pharmacist If you have any questions regarding this request please contact Dr. Haas. In her absence, contact either Dr. Greg Smith at (919) 715-8179 or Dr. Steve Cline at (919) 715-6733.
Thank you for providing potassium iodide to the State of North Carolina. Its distribution to specific target populations wvill supplement the primary preventive efforts of early warning, evacuation and sheltering in our state's emergency response plan.
Sincerely, b#"
J Leah Devlin, D.D.S, M.P.H.
State Health Director Director Division of Public Health Division of Environmental Health NC Department of NC Department of Environmen Health and Human Services and Natural Resources enneth B. Taylor, Ph.D.
irector ivision of Emergency Management NC Department of Crime Control and Public Safety Cc: J. Steven Cline, DDS, M.P.H., Chief, Epidemiology Section, Division of Public Health Margaret Haas, Pharm. D., Public Health Pharmacist, Public Health Prepardness and Response C. Gregory Smith, M.D., M.P.H, Medical Epidemiologist, Epidemiology Section Beverly Hall, Chief, Radiation Protection Section, Division of Environmental Health Johnny James, Radiation Emergency Coordinator, Radiation Protection Section Stephen Payne, REP Program Manager, Division of Emergency Management James Kirkpatrick, MD, MPH, Branch Head, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response