ML18003B362
| ML18003B362 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Harris  |
| Issue date: | 06/23/1986 |
| From: | Buckley B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Caragauis K AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8606250340 | |
| Download: ML18003B362 (2) | |
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Ms.
Kim S. Caragauis Route 3, Box 232 Siler City, North Carolina 27344
Dear Ms. Caragauis:
June 23, 1986 I am pleased to respond to your letter to Mr. Denton which we received June 9, 1986, in which you requested that the NRC "not....exempt CPL from participation in a full scale evacuation drill that is required prior to fueling" the Shearon Harris nuclear power plant.
You also stated that you "know there is no evacuation plan that will work...."
The regulations do not require that a full scale emergency preparedness exercise be conducted prior to plant operation of up to 5% of rated power.
CP&L's exemption request was that they not be required to perform a full scale emergency preparedness prior to exceeding 55 of rated power.
By letter dated June 10, 1986, CP&L stated that they are now in the process of consulting with involved off-site response organizations on the scheduling of exercises for the Shearon Harris Plant.
Furthermore, CP8L requested that the NRC staff hold in abeyance active review of the exemption request and the request for a hearing until the consulting process has been completed.
At that point, CP&L will then provide additional information to the NRC staff for review.
Consequently, the NRC staff will not act on this matter until the above cited additional information has been provided.
In response to your concern that there is no evacuation plan that will work, there was a full participation exercise conducted May 17-18, 1985, in which the State of North Carolina, and Wake,
- Chatham, Harnett and Lee counties participated.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reported that, based on a review of the exercise, that the state and local emergency plans are adequate and capable of being implemented, and that the exercise demonstrated that offsite preparedness is adequate to provide reasonable assurance that appropriate measures can be taken to protect the health and safety of the public living in the vicinity of the Shearon Harris nuclear power plant in the event of a radiological emergency.
I hope that the above discussion has been responsive to your concern.
Sincerely, DISTRIBUTION YT 869361
/s/
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