ML19246B468
| ML19246B468 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 06/26/1979 |
| From: | Hendrie J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Staats E GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7907130547 | |
| Download: ML19246B468 (5) | |
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June 26, 1979 OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN Mr. 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 to the Congress entitled " Areas Around fluclear Facilities Should Be Better Prepared for Radiological Emergencies." The report made two specific recommendations to the Chairman of the fiuclear Regulatory Commission, one recommendation applicable to the Chairman and the Secretaries of Defense and Energy and specific recommendations to the Secretaries of Defense and Energy.
In addition, the report made a recomendation te the Director, Fedaral Emergency Management Agency that has direct implication; for an interagency program for which the fiuclear Regulatory Comission staff provides leadersMp.
I am pleased to provide you with the enclosed statement of actions the fiuclear Regulatory Commission plans to take in addressing the recommendations directed at this agency.
It also includes a reaction to the recommendatinn made to thn Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
In addition, Comissioners Gilinsky and Bradford want to make clear their view that the fiRC shnuld allow nuclear power plants to begin operation only where satisfactory emergency plans covering the response of the utility and the local and State authorities are in place and where arrangements have been made for periodic exercise of these plans.
They are not convinced, however, that the present State emergency plans, being developed and concurred in by the f4RC, are what is required.
For the longer term a definitive approac~ will be developed through a rulemaking as described in the Commission response. In the near term, they look to the recently formed fiRC Task Force on Emergency Planning to develop an interim approach in about a month.
Sincere ly, Joseph M. Hendrie 1
Chairman O""
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Response to GAO Report 7 9 0713 n iY7
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