ML18004A490
| ML18004A490 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Harris  |
| Issue date: | 08/25/1986 |
| From: | Spalt A AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Zech L NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8608290004 | |
| Download: ML18004A490 (6) | |
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REGULA RY INFORNATION DISTRIBUTI SYSTEN (RIDS>
ACCESSION NBR: 8608290004 DOC. DATE: 86/08/25 NOTARIZED:
NO FACIL:50-400 Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Planti Unit li Carolina AUTH. NANE AUTHOR AFFILIATION SPALT> A.
Affiliation Not Assigned RECIP. NANE RECIPIENT AFFILIATION ZECH> L. N.
Commissioners DOCKET 05000400
SUBJECT:
Opposes util request for exemption from full partic ipation exercise of emergencv response plan i gr prior to commercial operation. due to deficiencies in Nag i985 drill exclusion of town of Carrboro in plan.
DISTRIBUTION CODE:
YE03D COPIES RECEIVED: LTR ENCL SI ZE:
TITLE: Request for NRR Action
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- 2. 206 Petitions)
~c Related Correspondenc NOTES: Application for permit renewal +iled.
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ALLEN SPALT 300 JAMES STREET
- CARRBORO, NORTH CAROLINA 27510 (919) 967-3054 August 25, 1986 Hr. Lando W. Zech, Char iman Nuc1 ear Regu1 atory Commi ssi on 1717 H Stree t, N.W ~
Washington, D.C.
20055 Dear Chairman
- Zech, I urge that the Nuclear regulator y commission deny Carolina Power and Light Company's request for an exemption to the requirement that the Company conduct a full participation exercise of the Emergency
Response
Plan for its Shearon Harris nuclear plant within ane uyear before beginnina commer c i al operat i on of the pl ant or before oper at i ing i t at greater than f ive percent of rated power.
I understand that NRC reaul at i ons (10 CFR 50. Appendi x E) provide far such an exercise and i bel ieve that the requ i remen t i s appropr i ate.
COL conduc ted what i t expec ted would be that drill in Nay, 1985
~ Various delays have pushed the openning date
- back, prompt ing the Company's request for an exemption.
The dr il 1 wi 1
1 now have occur red at least 18 months and perhaps two years or more before opennina.
(Since the history of the plant's construction is one of repeated
- delays, i t could be even longer.)
As worrysome as the time delay are the deficiencies in the dri 1
1 that was held.
Many were reported at the time.
Very few c i t i zens par t i c i pated so that i s was more an evacuat i on on paper than a simul ated di saster.
(Bat tl encks in a recent storm-related evacuation in Nor th Carol ina gives a hint of the problems in a real emergency.)
Numerous changes in the plan made since the drill call into question the value of the exercise for today's conditions.
And, most imprtant to Car rboro citizens, the plan did not include our town at all since we are beyond the magic ten mile limit.
I believe that CPhL should not be gr anted an exemption, that a new full-scale evacuation drill should be held before oper ation of the plant, and that the new drill should i nc 1 ude Carr boro.
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CHAIRNAM ZECH PAGE 2 Thank you very much for your cons i derat i on o% thi s important matter.
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Nr. Harol d Denton D i r ec tor of Nuc 1 ear Reac tor Regulations
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