ML19208B304
| ML19208B304 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Maine Yankee |
| Issue date: | 08/20/1979 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Lisa Pope AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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| NUDOCS 7909190519 | |
| Download: ML19208B304 (2) | |
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Dear Ms. Pope:
This is in response to your June '.3,1979 letter to President Carter expressing concern about the evacuation plan for the vicinity of the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Plant.
The Maine Yankee Emergency Plan meets the NRC's current standards for emergency planning,10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E.
The NRC staff reviewed the Maine Yankee Emergency Plan and found it to be satisfactory as discussed in the Safety Evaluation Report (SER) dated February 24, 1972, issued in support of facility licensing.
Improvement of emergency planning is, however, of continuing concern to the NRC.
Efforts are underway within the NRC to review all aspects of emergency planning, including the adequacy of present planning and the need for co-ordination with and participation of other agencies in developing emergency planning. As part of our present program of reviewing licensee's coordination with local and state authorities in emergency planning, we are reconinending an emergency planning zone of 10 miles for protective measures which include both evacuation and shelter. The NRC staff will be reviewing both the Maine Yankee Emergency Plan and the State of Maine Radiological Emergency Response Plan for conformance with this criterion within the near future.
Sincerely, Onr.sa; s.r,ua q E. G. Case #
Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation WiUU38 7909190 M
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June 15, 1979 Fresident Jimmy Carter The '!hite House 16 C 's Pennsylvania Avenue, b"4 Washington, DC 20500
Dear Fresident Carter:
I an opposed to the continuing operation of Maine Jankee atomic power plant in Wiscasset, Maine.
This plant
'dail'y~pr'Thents -hazards to the health and well being of my family and friends.
Althcugh I live only ten miles fron Maine Yankee, my tcwn is not even included in the State of Maine evacuation (radiolocical incident) plan.
A revision of this inadequate plan will begin in September when the state's office of Civil Emergency Preparedness gains this responsibility.
But how effective will this "new" plan be?
The state director of Civil Emergency Preparedness has publicly stated that nuclear fallout can be washed off fruits and vegetables and the local
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CEP director would have the community hide in basements until all is " safe".
A nuclear catastrophe is a real possibility, considering Maine 'tankee's deplorable operating record.
I will, therefore, not rest easily until the State of Maine
_a_depts a ten mile radius evacuation plan whicn 'diil
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pass approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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