ML19331B122

Ack Receipt of Re Evacuation Plans for People in Surrounding Area of Plant.Discusses Safety Stds & Criteria Established by Commission

ML19331B122
Person / Time
Site:	Midland
Issue date:	08/19/1974
From:	Moore V US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
To:	Gadler S MAPLETON INTERVENORS
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NUDOCS 8007250812
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Dear ?.ir. Gadler:

Your letter to Dr. Dixy Lee Nay, Chairman, U. 5. atomic Energy Comminoloa datcd July 00,107", vin; referred to me f0r reply. 1 3

cm piensed to sddress your concerns regarding the evacuation plans for the people of Midland and the surrounding areas as regards the Midland Plant, Units I and 2 The cafc:y

~+-"d" ds and criteria established by the Commission for review of nooiicacions for nuclear power plants include provisions for conservative design and operating margins anc tor redundancy of components and systems to compensate for the fact that no body of snowledge can ever be completa eno.gh to ~ ' ~ ~ccrtaintics and risks to zero. Thus, althcugh the operation of nuclear power plants is not completely risk-free, it is the safety objective of the Commission, through the licensing process, to require applicants and licensees to take those actions necessary to assure that the risk is extremely low.

It is in this regard that each applicant for a construction permit is required to submit for Commission approval its preliminary plans for coping with emergencies so that if an emergency situation should occur, aporooriate measures can and will be taken to protect public health and safety and to prevent damage to property.

An application for a construction perunit is required to contain sufficient information to assure the compatibility of proposed emergency plans with nuclear power plant design features, site layout and site location with respect te'such considerations as access routes, surrounding population distributions and land use. At the operating license stage of the safety review, an applicant is required to submit for Commission approval, agreements reached with local, State and Federal officials and agencies for the early warning of the public and for public evacuation or other protective measures should such warning, evacuation, or other protective naeasures become necessary or desirable.

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Mr. Steve J. Gadler For the Midland Plant, the applicant has held discussions with the city of Midland officials concerning the emergency action required in the unlikely event of a nuclear incidente The emergency plan would be initia*ed by the senior man ou shift whenever it became apparent from in-plant instrument readings that radiation levels at the site boundary would exceed pre-established action levels. There is already established an arrangement between the city of Midland and Dow Chemical Company which allows for systematic evacuation of the plant environs in response to spacific chamic:1 rc!cascs. 2.'ichi;:n State Police, city of 2.!!d12nd Police and the Midland County Sheriff's Department would 'oe notified to provide assistance in traffic control and to notify residents for affected areas if an incident were to occur. At the operating license stage of the safety review for the Midland Plant, we will require Consumers Power Comnany to submit its tinal emergency plan whicn will include provisions for evacuation of the plant and surrounding areas.

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measures can and will be taken to protect public health,and safety and 4o prevent anmade to property.

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asswtance in tretfic controt entnottitaretse=W reements for af fectM areas if an incident were to occur. At the cperating license stade of the Censumers Power Company to'3:E; nit @gae Plant, we will require safety review for the Midlandj;u ' y; _*'

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• 1ashington, D.C. 205hh Dear Ms. Ray As Exacutive Dirsetor for the Mapleton Intervenors in the proposed "idland :!u:1 car ?cuer Plant, I an interested in the evacuation plans-for the peopla of :lidland and currcunding areas.

AJ you know, becau0e it 13 ba?ed On AEC Studie3, a ".ajor 200ident at i nc:laar plant has th? potential to conte.inate The enkla araa and thus represents a thraat to tha lives and 1.:alth of thousands of people.

under tind that th+r3 are plins to evacuite personnel at this proposed facility -- but to my knowledgs, sinilar prettetice for **e popuintion of Midland and surounding areas in event of a rejor accidant at thi:

plant d: uct exiat.

Is this an ovarsight on the part of the AIC and Concuners ? wer Ccnpany?

I would appreciate any infornation you can give ne on this concern.

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