ML19207B710
| ML19207B710 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 06/09/1979 |
| From: | Bjorenson W IOWA, STATE OF |
| To: | Ryan R NRC OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS (OSP) |
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| RTR-NUREG-0553, RTR-NUREG-553 NUDOCS 7909050118 | |
| Download: ML19207B710 (3) | |
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FROM: WILLIAM M. BJORENSON, DIRECTOR LINN C01;NTYMUNICIPAL CIVIL DEFENSE PHONE CITY HALL CIVIL DEFENSE CENTER 363-2671 Day or Night CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA 52401 DATE-June 6,1979 Mr. Robert G. Ryan, Director Office of State Progtres U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Cocsission Washington, T.C.
20555 RESPONSE on SALCMON REPORT One issue recongnizes extra costs for speaial efforts and obligations to those who have nuclear plants nearby.
Another discusses how to raise the money.
The third considers methods for justifiably allocating.
Extra costs should include those listed and there needs to be more con-sideration for the expenses built up when anti-nuke demonstrators neces-sitate personnel overtime and other expenditures. This, of course, is most important to law enforcement types.
Methods of raising the money sound rational as suggested and should come from the utility. Attached is a copy of a letter to se from Linn County Sheriff Orlie Work =an.
He expresses regrets that responding to demon-strations has helped to chip away at his strained budget so much that his deptuties weren't allowed to participate on overtime in our radio-logical monitoring training this spring.
For the last twenty years we have been oriented in our local CD operations toward providing all risk preparedness. Our efforts were convincing enough thr-budgeting had not been a problem until recent years when budget increases have been limited by state law.
Inflation has increased nuch faster than budgets can be raised. For the last five yearr this has been compounded by extra tise involved and costs incurred by the start up cf Duane Arnold Energy Center.
We already had a special designed CD Center and a progressive build up of com=unications before the nuclear plant was built.
It would be difficult to determine which costs were above the level which would otherwise have been needed for facility and equipment. Time and temper have certainly been much more strained since the birth of our on line nuclear electric plant.
Property tax base for this generating facility is spread out ever apprcxi-mately half of the counties in Iowa in relation to the amount of alectric power they consume from this utility. We in the heme county having extra
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We were interested in the late arrival of thyroid blocking agents into the TMI incidents. The respective stockpiles of long keeping types of blocking agents could be purchased by the funding suggested in Steves study. They could be kept locally under the responsibility of local CD the same as CD shelter supplies.
In one report to former ICAC Chairman Dave Snellings I sugge'2ed that a much greater understanding in elements of preparedness arvr.nd nuclear facilities could come frem federal underwriting of costs fc-e a state representative for NRC where nuclear facilities are situated. There could be better preparation in standardization of monitcring of water, air and background.
Interpretation and compliance with checklists of preparedness can benefit from field representatives who are well chosen and trained plus adequately paid to avoid unreasonable attrition. These persons could be on the staff of state D.E.Q. or Health or CD with a share natch on P & A costs.
The survey and study done by Dr. Stephen Salomon is in a necessary field of raising money and allocating it to th' e who have incurred related expenseses. This should be in accord with the presence and operation of a nuclear electric generating plant. We will be happy to be coopera-tive and helpful.
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Dear Bill:
This letter is in r:fe en a en ymr inuiring as to our deputies attending a Radiological School in reg.:rd to the Palo nuclear clant. Please be advised that I wculd very much iike to send my deputie', for this training as we have in the past, but due to budget limitations, financially this department can no longer afford such training.
To c';ve you an idea of what we are talking about, as you are well awr.re we have had three demonstrations at the nuclear plant in the last six months. Taking into consideration the cost of fuel, overtime, meals, food, and vehicles required to cope with these demonstrations, the cost to our department for three demonstrations comes to a total of $7,800.00.
Extra training in regard to this radiological training cost u; last year for overtime $6,000.00. Extra equipment in regard to that training, such as gas masks and gas, came to $1,000.00.
Having the drills which are required by us cost us approximately
$1,500.00 which is a conservative figure.
Taking this all in consideration, I thiiik *.nat you can see our problem at this point in regard to financ4 'ly being aole to cope with occurances which cannot be budge ted for. Hopefully, any relief from this problem may come from outside agencies indirer.tly or directly involved with nuclear energy.
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