ML19210D590
| ML19210D590 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 11/08/1979 |
| From: | Hendrie J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Dingell J HOUSE OF REP., INTERSTATE & FOREIGN COMMERCE |
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| NUDOCS 7911270356 | |
| Download: ML19210D590 (1) | |
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% n: y flovember 8, 1979 OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN The Honorable John D. Dingell, Chairman Subcommittee on Energy and Power Comittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C.
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Dear t1r. Chairman:
On Itarch 30, 1979, the Comptroller General of the United States submitted a report entitled " Areas Around I!uclear Facilities Should Be Better Prepared for Radiological Emergencies".
One of the recommendations fee the NRC in that report was:
"The Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, should establish an emergency planning zone of about 10 miles around all nuclear power plants as recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency / Nuclear Regulatory Commission Task Force, and require licensees to modify their emergency plans accordingly."
In my response to you on June 26, 1979, I stated that the Commission would give careful consideration to the recommendations of the !!RC/ EPA Task Force Report.
I now wish to inform you that the Commission has accepted and endorses the guidance contained in the task force report and we have published a Federal Register Notice announcing this endorsement (enclosure 1). We have directed the staff to begin to incorporate the guidance into existing documents and to incorporate it into a proposed new rule on emergency planning.
Sincerely,.
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R hd t.Jos ph fl. Hendrie Chairman
Enclosure:
As stated.
cc: Rep. Clarence J. Brown 1T99 100 7911270 3 %