ML19330A259

Ack Receipt of AEC 740819 Response to Sj Gadler Inquiry Re Midland Area Evacuation Plans.Aec Emergency Procedures Cannot Be Met at Proposed Facility.Submits That Facility Site Should Be Abandoned Due to Evacuation Impossiblity

ML19330A259
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Site:	Midland
Issue date:	09/04/1974
From:	Marshall W MAPLETON INTERVENORS
To:	Moore V US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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Sept, h, 197h Voss A. Moore Assistant Director Light Water Reactors, Group 2 -

Director of Licensing U.S. Atenic Inergy Cennission Washington, D. C. 205h5 RE: DOCKET NOS. 50-329 and 50-330

Dear Mr. Moore:

Thank you for your response of August 19th to the inquiry of Mr. Steve J. Gadler, Executive Director for the Mapleton Intervenors, abcut evac-uation plans for the pecple cf Midland and surrounding areas in the event of a serious accidant at the prepeced Midla::d ?.'aclear Fewar ?lant.

We wish we could express relief en learning of AZO requirenents for evacuatien plans. "nfortunately, we cannot. Fe cannot conprehend how a city the size of Midland or Saginau or Bay City can ovacuate a total pcpulation en a few seconds er minutes netice. Ecw does a fanily with children in schec1, fathers at werk, vives at hcne er elsewhere get to-gether to race out of the path of a radioactive nass? '.ihat plans would exist for irnadiate evacuation and bussing of cnildren frcr schcols?

Fatients from hospitals? What facilitiss even exist for such nass actien?

2vacuation is impossible. Even on the wildest assen;tien that it could be achieved -- success would depend on innediate public reaction in doing the right thing. The public has not been trained and educated in evac-uation procedures. To my knowledge, the. public has not even been infonted that evacuation procedures are required to assure public safety. Under the circunstances, it is a dead certainty that orderly evacuation would not take place. panic would result. . . with accidents ahd traffic blocking escape routes.

You report that " appropriate neasures can and will be taken to protect public health and safety and to prevent danage to property." !e submit that -- like the critical safety device of the ouclear reactor that has never been successfully tested -- the emergency plans for public evacuatipn

• are a paper hoax.

And there is, of course, no way to prevent damage to property, as you clain, because property cannot te evacuated. ,

Apparently, the Atomic Energy Conmission has approved preliminary emergency plans submitted by Consumers Power Cenpany. You also report that the Cenpany has discussed its plans with unnamed Midland officials. The next step, the Company's application for a construction pernit, you say, "is required to contain sufficient information to assure the conpatibility of proposed emergency plans with nuclear power plant design features, site layout and site location with respect to such considerations as access routes, surrounding population distribution and land use."

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.Fe are totally av a loss to see. pew the proposea F.idland Naclear ?lant

~ can meet your stated requirerents for onergency procedures. Because of the irnediate 16 cation of the plant in the city of Midland, we submit that evacuation is impossible in the few seconds er minutes it could take for a critical radioactive mass to engulf the population of Midland.

Becau~se of the extreme threat to public health and safety from a sericus accident at the proposed plant, it does not appear rational that Ccosuners Power Cenpany is not required te subnit final e.nergency plans until after the plant has been constmeted. ~4e know of no AEC cperating perr.it being denie:1 at that late date.

An accident at the proposed Midland Nuclear Plant, because of its ir.med-ate location in the City, would leave no tine for evacuation. The site should be standoned. The Atomic Energy Cc.missicn should reject appli-cation for further permits.

Sincerely, Mapleton Intervencrs

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Willian G. Milliken, Governer of Ziehigan Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General ~ .t l'ichigan Congessional Celegation Steve J. Gadler, PE, Exacutive Director, :'.1pleton Intervenors Howard Vogel, Esquire William J. Ginster, Esquire m

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