ML19210D597
| ML19210D597 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 11/08/1979 |
| From: | Hendrie J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Staats E GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE |
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| NUDOCS 7911270365 | |
| Download: ML19210D597 (1) | |
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November 8, 1979 OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAfJ The Honorable Elmer B. Staats Comptroller General of the United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C.
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Dear Mr. Staats:
On March 30, 1979, the Comptroller General of the United States submitted a report entitled " Areas Around Nuclear Facilities Snould Be Better Prepared for Radiological Emergencies".
One of the recommendations for the NRC in that report was:
"The Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, should es.tablish 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 NRC/ 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.
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~~~ Joseph M. Hendrie Chairman
Enclosure:
As stated.
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