ML19260D027

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Advises That Four Wks Is Needed to Respond to 791129 Request for Estimate of Time Required for Evacuation of Areas Near Nuclear Power Plants
ML19260D027
Person / Time
Site: Prairie Island  Xcel Energy icon.png
Issue date: 01/31/1980
From: Mayer L
NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
To:
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
NUDOCS 8002070271
Download: ML19260D027 (2)


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MSP NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY M I N N E A PS O L I S . MIN N E SOTA 55409 January 31, 1980 Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT Docket No. 263 License No. DPR-22 PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT Docket No. 50-282 License No. DPR-42 50-306 DPR-60 Emergency Preparedness Mr Grimes' letter of November 29, 1979 to all power reactor licensees requested estimates of the time required for evacuation of areas near nuclear power plants unde r eme rgency condi t ions . The request entails one set of estimates for our Mont icel lo Nuc lear Gene rat ing Plant and another set for our Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant. The at t achment to your letter detailed the extent of the information and specified a fo rma t for reporting. The req ue s t ed information is in addition to the plant, state, and local Emergency Plans that have been drafted and furnished to you in respnnse to Mr Eisenhut's letter of October 10, 1979.

We have secured assistance in developing this information from the Minnesota Division of Emergency Services (DES) wh ich is the entity of state government re s pon s ib le for coordinating all emergency preparedness activities. To assemble the requi red informat ion, the Minnesota DES has enlisted the aid of several units of state gove rnment including the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesot a Department of Transportation. The work is underway but due to the ve ry extens ive and detailed requirements, the informat ion cannot be made available by your requested date of January 31, 1980 Unfortunately there is no existing methodology for developing this information so substantial basic development work is required. In addition, as pointed out in your request letter, each site and its environs have unique character-istics that must be factored into the effort. Taking into account the ext en s ive basic work required and the substantial field data that must 1938 031 800207 0(( p

NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY January 31, 1980 Page be incorporated, we estimate that a f our week ext ens ion of t ime is required to furnish the requested information. In any case the e f fort will necessarily be based on many ge ne ralized assumpt ions so the re sult s , with an inberent large error band, may not be too useful.

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