ML19290E405
| ML19290E405 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Fermi  |
| Issue date: | 02/28/1980 |
| From: | Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Levin C SENATE |
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| NUDOCS 8003110093 | |
| Download: ML19290E405 (1) | |
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FEB 2 81980 The Honorable Carl Levin United States Senate Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator Levin:
Your letter requesting our assistance in replying to correspondence from Mr. Mully stated David C. Mully of Detroit has been referred to me for reply.
that he was interested to know exactly what is in our nuclear safety plan in I presume Mr. Mully is concerned about safety for him-case of an emergency.
self and his imediate family and friends in Detroit from the Enrico Fermi No. 2 plant which is presently under construction about 25 miles south-southwest of Detroit.
The NRC Commissioners have recently endorsed a report by an NRC-EPA task force which recommends that emergency planning by State and local authorities aroundThe the operating nuclear power plant should extend to 10 miles from the plant.
10-mile zone is not an evacuation zone--it is a zone for protective measures.
For 5 miles from the plant, in the case of the most serious accident, evacuation may be a recomended protective measure; however, the report recommends that, in the zone from 5 to 10 miles, shelter in one's home may have equal protective benefits as evacuation.
Consequently, no particular planning for any protective measures is recommended for the city of Detroit as a consequence of the building of the Enrico Fermi No. 2 reactor.
We trust that this information will be helpful to your constituents in under-standing our present policy relative to emergency planning.
If you have any further questions, please contact me.
Sincerely, l(Signed) F. 'r-vin Cornell
! ' ' William J. Dircks Acting Executive Director for Operations 8003110043