ML19350B485

Affidavit Re Potential Problems W/Evacuation of Residents of Newbury,Ma

ML19350B485
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	03/06/1981
From:	Riel G AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
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AFFIDAVIT OF GEORGE RIEL I, George Riel, Police Chief of Newbury, do hereby depose and say as follows:

1. The Town of Newbury is a Massachusetts town within five air miles of the site of the nuclear reactor under construction in Seabrook, New Hampshire.

2. The population of Newbury is 4,800 but increases to well over 30,000 people on any given day in the summer on its 12 miles of beaches.

3. There is only one road maming Plum Island accessible to the mainland. It consists of two and one-half miles of two twelve-foot travel 1. anes. It then narrows into two ten-foot lanes as it feeds into the congested downtown area.

4. At least eight times a year this sole access road to and from Plum Island is impassable due to flooding from high tides.

5. Any nuclear emergency evacuation attempts would result in immediate congestion and bottlenecks throughout the entire town. All evacuation routes available (Routes lA, 1 and

95) would be congested with evacuating residents of Salisbury, Merrimac, Amesbury, Newburyport, and other small communities, making it that much more difficult for the residents of Newbury to evacuate the area.

6. There are four schools in Newbury, which would present special evacuation problems.

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7. At the National Wildlife Refuge which covers 4,650 acres of the Town, there are twenty miles of regularly used o le to vehicles or f oo t trails which are inaccessi' communications. There are no telephone or power lines in the Refuge.

8. There is a state-controlled Wildlife Management Area in the Town, 2,000 acres in size, which is also used regularly at certain times of the year. It is also inaccessible to vehicles or communication.

9. The majority of the population of Newbury could be

-evacuated within 16 hours1.851852e-4 days <br />0.00444 hours <br />2.645503e-5 weeks <br />6.088e-6 months <br /> if all went well. 100% evacuation to safety of the Newbury population could be effected in approximately 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.

10. As an official who would be involved in effectuating any actual evacuation, I. feel that the issue of emergency evacuation planing should 'sa addressed at the earliest possible t ime .

Signed under the pains and penalties of perjury this 6th day of March, 1981.

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