ML19321A536

Responds to to President Carter Re Nuclear Power. Forwards President Carter 791207 Statement on Kemeny Commission Rept on TMI & Excerpt from NRC 1979 Annual Rept Re Developmental of Radiological Emergency Plans.Ltr Encl

ML19321A536
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Issue date:	07/10/1980
From:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISslON [ k WASHINGTON, o. c. 20555 >dll 'k \\0' Ms. Maureen Wilson 968 Central Street East Bridgewater, Mass. 02333

Dear Ms. Wilson:

This is in reply to your letter of April 3,1979 to President Carter about nuclear power. I am sorry for the long delay in, responding but we have been very busy with the aftermath of the Three Mile Island accident. With regard to the future of nuclear power, enclosed is a statement of December 7,1979, by the President on the Kemeny Commission Report on Three Mile Island. The President said: "Every domestic energy source, including nuclear power, is critical if we are to be free as a country from our pre-sent over-dependence on unstable and uncertain sources of high priced foreign oil." As to the development of plans for responding to radiological emergencies, enclosed is an excerpt on this subject from the 1979 Annual Report of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Included on the first page are directions by the President to the Federal Emergency Management Agency about such planning. I would l'ke to assure you that every effort is being made to protect the public health and safety ct all nuclear power plants that are currently in operation or that may start operat:ng in the future. Sincerely, / M /Y Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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's :: C/TI CE CF TH E W ITE H 3*.'3 E ? ?%35 S Qi.* A EY THE WITE MOUSE l s;A7n237 3Y THE PPISIDENT UN THE TIMENY C3r."ISSICN i I r TCPC?.7 ON TH?2E MII.E IS*.CD Fo== 450, Old Executive office Building (AT 2: 4 5 7.M. EST) THE PT.ESICINT: The purp se of this brief stit int this l i . afternoon is tv outline to you and to the public, both in this count:v and in other nations of the world, my on assessment of the Kamany Report rece=endations on ' the Three Mile Island accident and I would like to add, of course, in the presentation some thoughts and actions of my cwn. I have reviewed the report of the Commissien, which I es tablished to inves tigate the. acci, dent at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. The Commission, headed by Dr. Jchn Kemeny, found very serious shortcomings in the way that both the Government and the utility indust:y regulate and manage nuclear pcreer. I The steps that I am taking today will help to assure that nuclear poser plants are operated safely. Safety, as it always hcs i been and will remain, is my top priority. As I have said before, in this country nuclear power is an energy source of last resort. 3y this I meant that as we reach our goals on conservation, on the direct use of coal, on development of solar power and synthetic fuels, and enhanced production of American oil and natural gas, as we reach these goals, then we can minimize our reliance en nuclear power. Many of our foraign allies must place much greater reif ance than we do on nuclear power, because they do not have the vast u. ral resources that give us so many alternatives. We must get on wi u.. e job of developing alternative energy resources and we must also g.a,s, in order to do this, the legislation that I have prop sed to the Congress, To making an effort at overy level of society to conserve energy. conserve energy and to develop energy resources in our country are the two basic answers for which we are seeking, sut we cannot shut the door on nuclear power for the United States. The recent events in Iran have shown us the clear, stark dangers that excessive dependence on imported oil holds for our nation. Ne mus t make overy ef fort to lead this country to energy security. Eves / ds.estic energy source, includirig nuclear powfr, is critical if we are to be_ free as a country from our present over-dependence en unstable and uncertain sources of high priced foreign oil. We do not have the luxury of aban.!cning auclear power or imposing a lengthy moratorium on its further use. A nuclear power plant can cisplace 35,000 barrels _ of oil per day, or roughly 13 million barrels of oil per year. We must take every possible step to increase the safety of nuclear persvr production.. I agree fully with the letter and the spirit and the intent of the Kemeny Co:-eission reco=endatiens, scme of which are within my cwn power to implement, others of which rely en the !!uelear Regulatory Commission, or the 1:30, or tM utility indi.s try i tself. - To get the Covernment's own house in order I will take te.n a) i m

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..s to ottengthen the role of C:o Chairman of the *:pC, to clarity 3rgi;n at of authority and responsibility and provide this persen with the p-.ar to act on a daily basis as a ch!cf executive of ficer, with authc rity to ~ put needed safety recuire.2nts in place and to impic ent hatter The" Chairman must be able' to select key ps:se..nel and to procedures. en behalf of the Commission during any ess gency act Second, I intend to appoint a new Chairperson of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, someone from outside that agency, in the spirit of the geneny Ccamission recen..endation. In the meantime, I have asked Cornissione: Ahearne, now on the NRG, to serve as the Chair..an. Mr. Ahearne will stress safety and the prompt implementation of the needed reforms. In addition, I will: establish an independent advisory c mmittee to help keep.me and the public of the United Stat'es infor=ed of the progress of the NRC and the industry in achieving and in nakin~g clear the recommendations that nuclear pcwer will be safer. Third, I am transferring responsibility to the Federal Isargency Manag2=2nt Agency, the TE::A, to head up all off-site emergency activities, and to complete a thorough review of emergency plans in all the states of our country with cperating nuclear reactors by June,19 30. Tourth, I have directed the Nuclear Kagulatory Cc=missien.in the other agencies of the Government to accalerate our program to place a resident Tederal inspector at every reactor site. Fifth, I am asking,all relevant Government agencies to implement virtually all of the 'other recommandations of the Kazany Ccamission. I believe Obere were 4 4 in all. A detailed factsneet is being issued to the public and a more extended briefing will be given to the press this,af ternoon. Wi th clear leadership and improved o:gani:ation, the Executive Stanch of Government and the NRC will be better able to quickly on the crucial issues of improved training and standards, act safety procedures, and the other Kemeny Commission recommendations. - respensibility to make nucicar pcwer safer does not stop with the 3ct In fact, the prima:7 day by day responsibility rede ral Ccvern=2nt. for safety rests with utility ecepany management and with supplie:s There is no substitute for technically qualified of nuclear equipment. and c: mitted people working on the construction, the operation, and the inspection of nuclear p:wer plants. 7ersenc1 resp:nsibility must be st:cssed. Some one persen always de designated as' in charge, both at the co:perate level and

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w2 plant site. The industry cwes it to the American y.;:e to s t: ~ngthen its cc:mitatnt to safaty.

I call on Cae utilities to imple.ent the following chang,~.: m firs t, building en the steps already taken, the industry sust c:gani.-e itself to develop enhanced standards for safe design, cporation, and cens truction of plants; see nd, the nuclear indus try mus t work tege:%.e to devel:p and to raintain in cperation a cc p:chensive L:aining, l examinatien, and evaluati:n pr gram for operators and for supervise: :. training p. gram rust paus =2s ter with the NFC th:cugh accredit. t. This er the training pres:s s to be established. I Thi rd, control rec =3 in nucle tr p wer plants cust be i d en! Md. ;tandardi: d, and sirplified as much as pessible, to r-

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a better infor ad decision-making ar:ng regular operating hours a.d, of course, during omergencies. I challenge our utility corpanies to bend every effort to irprove the safety of nuclear power. Tina 11y, I would like to discuss how we canage this transition period during which the Kemeny recercandatiens are being 3 ir;Ie en:ed. ;; sre are a number of new nuclear plants new awaiting operating licenses or cons truction permits,. Under law, the Nuclear af Regulato:/ Ccesission is an independent agency. Licensing decisicas rest with the Nuclear Regulatory Coritission, and as the Kemeny Cer.-lssien noted, it has the authority to proceed with licensing these plants on a case by case basis; which may bs. used as circurstancas surrounding a plant or its applicatior dictate. de NRC has indicated, hcwever, that it will pause in issuing any new licenses and construction pemits in order to devote its full attention to putting its own house in ^rder and tightening up safety requiraments. I endorse this apprcach which the NRC has adopted, but I urge the NRC to complete its work as quickly as possible and in no event later than six months from today. Once we have instituted the necessary reforms to assure safety, "we mus't resume the licensing p ccess promptly so that the new plants we need to reduca our dependence en foreign oil can be built and operated. The steps I am announcing today will help to insure the safety of nuclear plants. Nuclear power does have a future in the United States. It is an eption that we must kee;. open. I will join with the utilities

• and their suppliers, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and also the state and local governments to a,ssure that the future is a safe'one.

Now Dr. Frank Press, Stu Eizenstat, and John Deutsch will be glad to answer your questions about these decisions and about nuclear power and the future of it in our country. Frank? END ( A? 3:00 P.M. EST) L 6

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e ~. Two of the occurrences reported from Agreement past, State and local gmernment efforts in this field States took place in the first quarter of fiscal year 1979 have been largely voluntary. There was no require-and are covered in the quarterly report to Congress, ment that States do such planning either by law or by SUREG-0900, Vol. I No. 4. One of these involved the rule, and no sanction could be sisited upon a State or overexposure of a radiographerN assistant in Louisiana locality which chose to neclect or ignore the subject. and the other the transportation of a package of In the wake of Th!!, there has been widespread radioactive material whose radiation emission after recognition that too little attention had been paid to packaging exceeded limits set out in the license of the emergency preparedness in the past and that much sender. more time, effort and money must be devoted to it in During the third quarter (covered in NUREC-0900, the future by NBC, other Federal agencies, State and Vol. 2, No. 2), two more esents were reported from local governments, and the nuclear utilities. In the Agreement States as abnormal occurrences. On h! arch future, the present voluntary system for reviewing 9,1979, the Arizona Atomic Energy Commission State and local plans may w ell. and probably will, be found several items of noncompliance in the opera-replaced by a more formal sy stem, based on legislation tions of a State licensee engaged in making and or regulations, or both. distributing to authorized persons various signs and '. The Procedure. The responsibilit.ies of Federal agen-devices using tritium as an activating agent. An unan-I ' assisting State and local governments, m C '5 nounced inspection on hiay ~ revealed continued non-developm.g plans for responding to radiological compliance and also the presence of tritium m food emergencies were outlined in a Fcdcral Register notice prepared m a facility near the licensee for a number of of December 24, 1975. promulcated by the former schools in the area. The level of tritium exceeded the Federal Preparedness Agency (FPA) of'the General EPA standard for tritium concentration in liquids by Services Administration. 'The notice, entitled ISO percent. The company was directed by the State to " Radiological Incident Emergency Response Plan-ning: Fixed Facilities and Transportation," gave the decommission operations, the tritium on the premises " lead agency" role to NRC, u hile assigning specific was scaled up and, by order of the Covernor, remos ed support responsibilities to the Environmental Protec-to a U.S. Army facility leased for the purpose, tion Agency (EPA); the Department,of Energy (DOE); In Californ'ia, a State licensee was conducting the Department of Trans ortation (DOT): the radiography activities at a manufacturing plant on Department of Health, E ucation and M,elfare 51ay 3._.,,19~9. The radiographer failed to notice that iHEW); the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency the radioactive source in his mstrument had become (DCPA); and the Federal Disaster Assistance Ad-disconnected. It was found on the floor by a plant ministration (FDAA) of the Department of Housing employee who put it in his hip pocket, lie later passed and Urban Development. Under powers granted him it on to another employee of the plant and a number of by the Congress President Carter combined three of others also handled the source before it was retrieved these atencies tFPA, DCPA and FDAA) into a new 'by the radiographer. The radiographer did not inform Federaf Emergency hianagement Agency (FEhfA) on the nine people who had been exposed to the source of July 15,1979. In his statement of December,,,19~9, responding to its radioactivitv and the attendant dangers, nor did he the report of the President s Commission on the Acci-report the incident to either his own or the client's dent at Three Stile Island, President Carter directed management. T..e employee who had picked up and that FEh!A: " 1) take the lead in off. site emercenev pocketed the source was later hospitalized and re. planning and r(esponse; (2) complete by June 1960 quired surgical repair of ulcerated skin. It is stimated review of State emergency plans in those states with that he had received a dose on the skin surm e of 1.5 operating reactors: (3) complete as soon as possible the million rem. Others exposed to the source received review oT state emergency plans in those states with radiation doses in the thousands of rem to their hands, plants scheduled for operation in the near future: (4) and several incurred radiation burns. The State develop and issue an updated series of interagency assignments which would delineate respective agency suspended the radiography firm's license and in-capabilities and responsibilities and clearly define stituted a State Board of Inquiry to investigate the Procedures for coordination and direction for both matter. NRC alerted all radiogra'phy licensees to the emergency planning and response; (5) assure that event and to the importance of the training of DOE resources and capabilities for responding to radieraphers, of their performing radiation sur eys, r diological emergencies are made available and and of their promptiv notifving responsible manage-augmented as needed to service civilian related ~ ment in the event of accidental exposures to radiation. radiological emer'gencies: and (6) assure the develop-e EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ment of programs to addrew the recommendations for additional research and public education needs." NRC is cooperating fully with all of these efforts of Emer.;ency Response Planning the new agency (see Chapter 1 and Chapter 2). The accident at Three afile Island (Th!!) has greatly Concurrence in State Plans. Six State plans received mtensified interest in emergency preparedness on the NRC concurrence in 19~9, bringing to 14 the number part of the public, the Congress, and the NRC. In the of State plans so approved. 1

177 Planning Guidance to States h(g,V..' $_J ~[Qz ~~~~~ NRC has been working with the EPA to determine 4 p3 ~ the types of accidents for which radiological emergen. ~ cy plans should be developed by State and local I.- -l "' g s,g ;', ' 7 hgg;yg).s hovernments. A draft rek) ort on this subject (NUREC... ' /

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issued for pub!!c comment in December 1978. The task dR ' ' T. - / force concluded there was no specific accident se. -,d %b 4c. 4. . {l '. quence that could be used for emergency planning ., e I.GQ,7. f' /T-because each accident could have different conse- .e g$ .. ' l .d .,..h t /'c. ' uences, both in nature and degree. Instead, the task force developed recommendations in an alternative (j& L: '. 'd \\1- 'd :

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/ .' N.-[. form which would provide State and local govern-7,P 9.>.' d)J. s f.t 9 --- ~ 1 ments with a basis on which to formulate emergency t 7,' plans. The planning basis selected involves a variety of W' g N..S accident consequences. The planning distances, time y ; ';g,%1f-?;. (.. r%..._...).p characteristics, and radiological release characteristics 7.x i g ' -,. ' specified in the report provide guidance that scopes .ncy planning effort.

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The fun ~~- task force report is that Emergency Planning Zones (EPZs) be established around each nuclear power plant for purposes of emergency planning, and that an EPZ of about 10 miles in radius be established for the plume exposure pathway and a second concentric EPZ of about 50 miles in radius be established for the inges-tion exposure pathway (milk and agricultural prod-ucts). nson train?ng in radiological At DOE's Nes ada Test Site. NRC s[taic and local :osernment per-The fm.al report was published for pubh.c comment emercene, resporo, operation, for i on December 15,1978. The original 90-day comment sonnel unio are or may be memben of response teams during emergencies. Abose s'tudenta conduct a survey or contamination heriod was extended to 51ay 15,1979 as a result of the 'esulung from a simulated ground spiti, white's raculty member hree afife Island accident. The task force recommen. Bel *. Hudenu ~ suit UP" before drtions were submitted to the Commission in July

• 'ferYng'a"Z'ii Sn"a$ejd*L ac 1979, and Commission action is expected early in fiscal y:ar 1980.

Training Program for States Several years ago, in cooperation with the States end other Pederal agencies, NRC identified a number of areas where traimng was needed for State and local government personnel involved in radiological . (mergency planning and preparedness. Three training N 2-h s. 1-- courses are now being offered. Courses dealing with rrdioactive materials in transit will be developed by M'4$1 a.9.N.. - _

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DOT during fiscal year 1980, and courses in the -G e q,,,{,,. -7 [h'b-{f g A Q{ f' M d> ' 4 medical area are being considered. FEhf A is planning 4 .;kG' s,- ? '. i/ ersonnel. courses for "first.at the scene"[ered free of charge to The following training is of qualified State and local government personnel:

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DOE's Nevada Test Site. It is designed for per-4 ajq " - 'p i' sonnel who are, or will be, assigned to State or h i g' 7 ' d.-) j Sixteen sessions were conducted during fiscal

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g __. (2) Radiological Emergency Response Coordina. with this new workload, personnel were temporarily tion: This course is designed to help the State assigned to the Office of State Programs from the Of-radiological emergency response coordinator fice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, and temporary make decisions on what protective actions to employees and consultants were acquired. take in the event of an accidental release of radioactive material to the environment from a nuclear facility. The course is conducted on re-GAO Report quest by the States. (3) Radiological. Emergency Response Planning: The General Accounting Office (CAO) published a This course was developed to provide training report Afarch 30, 1979, entitled " Areas Around needed for State and local radiological Nuclear Facilities Should be Better Prepared for emergency response planners, and is conducted Radiological limergencies., The report made recom-on request. mendations to the Secretaries of Defense and Energy. (4) Handling Radioactice Matenal m. Transporta-the Director of the Federal Emergency hianagement tion Accidents: Through the interagency pro. Agency, and the Chairman of the NRC. gram described in the December 24, 1975 The CAO recommended that no nuclear power Federal Register notice, and in cooperation plant be allowed to begin operations until State and with NRC, the DOT developed an 8-hour train-local emergency response plans contain all the Com-ing course on handling radioactive material in mission's essential planning elements, and that transportation accidents. The course is a self-licensees make arrangements for State and local agen-contained package consisting of slides and cy participation in annual emergency drills. The Com-taped narratives and a student workbook. One mission responded that NRC is committed to having package will be made available free of charge effective, tested emergency plans wherever needell to all States by DOT, and NRC and DOT plan and as early as possible, and that the proposed licens-to make it available to many local jurisdictions. Ing requirement dealing with plans and exercises will be included in an expedited NRC rulemaking pro-cedure. Field Assistance Program The CAO recommended that NRC establish the 10-mile emergency planning zone around all nuc!,r NRC continues to lead and coordinate Federal in-p wer plants. The Commission has endorsed this con-teragency field reviews of State radiological emergen. eePt. as Previously mentioned. cv response plans and critiques of exercises to test these The CAO recommended that there be a require-p'lans. During fiscal year 1979, the regional advisorv ment I T Pe P e living near nuclear facilities to be l committees made 35 field review and assistance visiis E "*" I"I '* ti n about the potential hazard, the I and critiqued 12 radiological emergency response ex. emergency actions planned, and the proper course of ercises. action in case of a radiological release. The Commis. sion response said that action will be taken to imple-ment this recommendation in connection with NRC's TMI Activities ongoing assessment of regulatory requirements. Like many offices within NRC, the Office of State Programs

• staff spent considerable time on Three hiile Other Emergency Response Activities Island (Thi!) activities and subsequent followups. In the early stages of the Thil accident, six health (1) Under a contract with DOE. Sandia physicists from the Agreement States Program went to Laboraton,es is developing a set of accident the site to assist in a variety of tasks, including en-seen ri s which can be used to test nuclear vironmental sampling, communications, and direct facihty, State and local gos ernment emergency health physics technical support to the State of Penn-l P ans.

sylvania. This entire NRC activity is covered in Chapter 2 and in other reports. It is important to note (2) To answer the need for improved emergency that, as a result of the accident, many States which planning guidance in the event of transporta-tion accidents involving radioactive materials, previously were not actively pursuing concurrence in an NRC/ DOT task force will be established in their radiological emergency response plans are now acthely seeking such concurrence. Af any meetings early 19S0 to deal with the subject. were held with States; office personnel testified at (3) A large step was taken in 1979 to provide more several State and Congressional hearings on the sub-uniformity in reviewing and concurring in

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review process, acceptance criteria were k. ,-:::;-Ghr, ~.1~Y C:&~;.:.::l Eg=&[- developed for each of the essential elements re-r.:: CO.r:CO-u p,6./T00~0[.=~;~L' W.:~nt.- T' quired for concurrence. These criteria will be EEI=" E. ';'....7.. II,@;;r:hldG'G C-used to judge the adequacy of individual elements. Such a system eliminates much of the

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L'E"f,EE'C7'- f(/h.39 ' {E,~,'", (4) A draft report called "Beyond Defense In I.;E%-T.?- Ed.., 81. ff"'?7.-12;: s [!EW'73r.L. ...C.. d 7 Depth" (NUREC.0553) was published in

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--9! :p L--u} --W-M* 7 ~: ing and implementing State and local emergen-cy response plans, which are particularly acute d at the local government level. It also discusses ./ U {'. q' is, M l~. \\. several methods of funding such plans and N.'. i-recommends that additional funds for emergen. ?j*.]m.:g - / g.3 cy planning by State and local governments be raised throagh the imposition of additional fees /y r - A "-'----c. t. N/ 3 'r. '\\_ Ps.F on licensees and on applicants for NRC licenses. V.... - M ~'": G L. m M I' N ' '. F The final report will be published for public .@dh -v;

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.:. e ACTIVITIES r.- r *- .: s ~ . :... a Transportation Surveillance An NRC radiation specialist checks a trailer carr ing low.fesel '*di *cti "*' "'teriah. Shipraents such as this one ircm Three DurinI iscal } ear 1979, seven States Partici ated in .\\ file h!and are checked frequently to ensure that radiatwn is f P the NRC/ DOT program for the surveillance of within are limits. radioactive material transported into, within or through their borders. Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, and South Carolina completed 2 years of monitoring. Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (FWPCA). The first-year results of the Illinois program (for the NRC encourages agreements with States to whom EPA period June 1977 to June 1978) and the Georgia pro-has delegated the National Pollutant Discharge gram (August 1977 to September 1978) were published Elimination System (SPDES) permitting authority as NUREC/CR-0756 and 0931, respectively. Ken-under section 402 of the FWPCA. tucky will complete its first year of monitoring in In the recent past, NRC entered into understandings December 1979. Washington and Florida began their with Virginia, New York, S^uth Carolina and programs in Septei..ber. Washington. During fiscal year 1979. NRC concluded The prograrn contributes valuable data concerning memorandums of understanding with Indiana and all aspects of transportation in the respective States: Nebraska. Discussions continue with seseral other promotes greater familiarity with Federal and State States. r2gulations on the part of shippers, carriers, and State personnel; and results in closer adherence to the State Liaison Officers Program regulation, thus safeguarding the health and safety of transportation workers and the general public. The Cosernors of all States base appointed liaison officers to maintain direct communication with NBC. There are now a total of 51 State liaison officers to the Memorandums.of Agreement NRC, from the 50 States as well as the Commonwealth in January 1976, NRC and EPA entered into a se-of Puerto Rico. cond memorandum of understanding regarding their Recional State Liaison Officers' meetings were held respectise responsibilities under the Federal Water in NsC Region I in October 197S in King of Prussia, 1

\\6 968 Central street h h(i East Bridgewater. Mass. April 3, 1979. President Jing Carter White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington. D.C. Dear Mr. President. i _I just wan+=d +a a nd ya' y~" a^-a-*= " 't +k- =alay aa , power cr4=1= in a--- ylv==4- -I think it was very thoughtful that you personally went to the plant to inscect it. Because this recently occured, many oeoole have questions that deserve careful consideration and a factual answer. I havs e few of v own. First..I_'d like to tenau what would haecen to the _ hugi,=n_ race if the_l,e,yg1 m af *= Ai a ti nn av=w grav ta dangerous nennnetinna? Would the country cope with a oreblem such as this?Are there any facilities to deal with this possible eroblem. if there are any faci _1_ities at a117 .t have some other questions about nuclear oower.JaT411 the country be ennYav+1n! tn it nr_ Are peoole more,he,s,itapt beesuse_n* this week's,leakaget Will it b_e_expen,s_iy L o_switeht t_ You are trying your hardest at the toughest job in country. Good luck. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely.

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