ML19330C686
| ML19330C686 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 08/01/1980 |
| From: | Tye M AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Grimes B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8008110334 | |
| Download: ML19330C686 (3) | |
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OthMATOLOCY 251 HAVERHILL STREET LAWRENCE. M ASS. 01840 MAURAY JOEL TYE. M.D.
20e SUMMER STREET HAVERHILL. M ASS. 01830 M Av. 374 4770 law. 883-9241 August 1, 1980 Brian Grimes, Director Emergency Preparedness Task Group Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
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Dear Sir:
I would very much like to have the enclosed as a part of the record when evaluating the evacuation plans for the Seabrook Nuclear Plant.
I believe the enclosed letter is self-explanatory and in-dicates our previous and present scand relative to this problem.
Sincerely, afauray J. Tye, St.D.
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Dear Sir:
(letter sent to Asst. Attorney General E. Tupper Kinder)
I appreciate the " unlimited" time you gave to conversation with my wife and me on behalf of the Sun Valley Associates concerning evacu-ation plans for the area on the Seabrook side of the Hampton River in the event of an accident at the nuclear plant.
As discussed, our sole motive in making the presentation was to dis-cuss evacuation planning.
Ne felt this issue would be of central concern to your Environmental Division within the Office of the Attorney General.
As requested, the following are highlights of our discussion presented for your records :
- 1) We made known our concern of the inadequacy of plans for evacuating the area surrounding the Seabrook plant in testimony submitted by our legal counsel, Jack Sanders, before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission several years ago at public hearings held at the Wentworth Hotel in Wentworth, New Hampshire.
- 2) To further emphasize our apprehension, I wrote to Assistant Attorney General Donald Stever in September of 1976 regarding some of the un-answered questions concerning evacuation (copy enclosed).
- 3) Much information that we have gathered -- particularly as regards t raf fic flow, population projections, etc. -- contradicts evidence presented to the NRC by the Public Service Company at the time the construction permit for Seabrook Station was granted.
Our information was gathered from figures acquired from traffic flow surveys by the State of New Hampshire, letter responses to inquiries directed to the Chiefs of Police of Hampton and surrounding communities, conversations with New Hampshire State Police officials, as well as observations by area residents.
Many of these points were raised by civil defense re-presentatives during the recent public meetings in Rye and Exeter, New Hampshire.
These sessions reflected the confusion that exists among local, state and federal officials with respect to evacuation planning.
- 4) A representative from the Beaches has yet to be appointed to work with evacuation planners, despite the fact that the beach population at peak periods is far more concentrated than all other sites within the " ten mile limit."
- 5) No attention has been directed to special difficulties that would exist where we reside on the south side of the Hampton River, which is actually part of the Town o f Hampton.
These specific problems include inadequate exit roads, special equipment such as alarms, vehicles, trained personnel, monitoring devices, etc. required for evacuation.
and other procedures for handling visitors to the beaches.
- 6) We have also been unable to obtain answers to the following generic concerns:
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- If a serious accident developed,.are there adequate numbers of monitoring devices to indicate whether police, civil defense and other personnel were exposed to more than the permissable amounts of radiation?
What provisions exist to safeguard these officials and those they come into contact with?
- Do plans exist for widening existing roads?
Who would finance such a program?
Neither.the Public Service Company nor the State has indicated a willingness to undertake such a project.
- Are sufficient busses and ambulances available for a large-scale evacuation?
- llave plans been made for training lifeguards to assist in evacuating the beachfront?
- Finally, and perhaps most importantly, do means exist for de-tecting contaminated individuals or vehicles?
Will they be allowed to join the general population beyond the " radiation belt?"
As part of our ongoing ef fort to answer these and other troubling questions, we will convene a meeting of concerned area residents,
local civil de fense of ficials, state and federal evacuation planners,
elected of ficials and othe rs on August 13 at the Galley llatch in the town of flampton.
This meeting is intended solely as a-forum for educating and involving the local citi:enry regarding the evacuation planning process about which we are all vitally concerned.
Sincerely,
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