ML19224A730
| ML19224A730 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 05/09/1979 |
| From: | Hendrie J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Hunt J NORTH CAROLINA, STATE OF |
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| NUDOCS 7905300126 | |
| Download: ML19224A730 (2) | |
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- - m..u s Tne honorable James S. Hunt, Jr.
Governor of North Carolina Raleign, North Carolina 27611
Dear Governor Hunt:
Because of the Three Mile Is' land accident, there is an increased interest in radiological emergency response planning for fixed nuclear facilities.
As you know, the offsite component of this planning is the responsibility of State and local governments.
To date, eleven States have received NRC concurrence in their emergency plans in support of these facilities.
However, so far the NRC has not concurred in tre State of North Carolina's plan.
n Our Office of State programs has been in touch with Mr. Dayne Brown of your Department of Human Resources to talk about the North Carolina plan.
Our records show that 18 elements out of 70 essential planning elements reco:cended in our primary emergency planning guidance document remain to be fully addressed in the North Carolina plan.
The plan is now under active review by the Regional Advisory Co=mittee, composed of representatives from Federal agencies working with the NRC in this area.
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We are very concerned about this matter and are sure that you share our concern.
The recent event at Three Mile Island has highlighted the need t
to move forward in an expeditious manner toward the attainment of NRC k
concurrence in the North Carolina plan.
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that NRC will give your Department of Human Resources wnatever assistance F
we possibly can to bring the North Carolina Radiation Emergency Response
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E We should note that the General Accounting Office has urged us to " allow nuclear powerplants to begin operations only where state and local L
emergency response plans contain all the Commission's essential planning
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el emen ts. " Since this recommenced action would alter the traditional NRC role in this area, we would appreciate receiving any ccaments that you might have with regard to it.
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Please call me (telephone 202/634-1459) or Mr. Robert G. Ryan, Director of our Office of State Programs, (telephone tnoucnts or questions you may have on this matter.201/492-817.0) with any Sincerely, ;
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_o OFFICE OF THE CH AIRM AN The Honorable James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor of North Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
Dear Governor Hunt:
Because of the Three Mile Island accident, there has been natural and, in my judgment, a properly incr eased interest in the whole field of radiological emergency response planning in support of fixed nuclear facilities.
As you know, the offsite component of this planning is the responsitility of State and local governments.
To cate, eleven States have achieved a concurrence in their emergency plans in support of these facilities from t'RC.
But NRC, I regret to say, has so far not been able to concur in the North Carolina plan.
I am sure that you want to have North Carolina achieve an improved radiological emergency preparedness posture down to the involved county and municipal levels of government at the earliest possible date.
I want to pledge to you today that NRC will provide whatever assistance we can to help you achieve that goal.
Within the past few days, our Office of State Programs has been in touch with Mr. Dayne Brown of your Department of Human Resources to talk about the North Carolina plan.
Our records show that 18 clements out of seventy essential planning elements recommended in our primary emergency planning guidance document have not been adequately addressed in the North Carolina plan. The plan is now under active review by the Regional Advisory Committee, composed of representatives from Federal agencies working with the NRC in this area.
We are very concerned about this rcatter as you are and I assure you that NRC will give your Department of Human Resources whatever assistar.ce we possibly can to bring the North Carolina Radiation Emergency Response Plan to a point of readiness and to achieve an NRC concurrence at the earliest poscible time.
Please feel free to call on tre personally (telephone 202/634-1459) or on Mr. Robert G. Ryan, Director of our Office of State Programs, (telephone 301/492-3170) with any thoughts or questiens you may have on this raetter.
Again, I pledge cur utmost cconeration in this important matter.
Sincerely, Joseph M Hendrie Cha i r-a n 167 083