ML19351F632
| ML19351F632 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Bailly |
| Issue date: | 01/03/1981 |
| From: | Moffett T HOUSE OF REP., GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS |
| To: | Ahearne J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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implemented a number of the recommendations embodied in ng.
Subcommittee's August 1979 report on emergency planning.
Nevertheless, si still is not being taken as seriously as necessary by theI. rema
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A major indication of that con-tinuing problem is the ongoin'g consideration of the Bailly nucl plant, now in the earliest stages of construction near Gary, ear Indiana.-
been widely' discussed indicates that that site is parti problematic from an emergency planning standpoint.
proximity to a major steel factory and a national seashore pose The site's extraordinarily difficult challenges for such M6hfatUemergency responses as evacuation of the site and nearby ar6akdikel c
be. affected by an accident involving release of radi'ation.y to .?
What concerns me at this juncture is that it is not yet clear that the' Commission is taking all the necessary steps to insure that ' adequate emergency plans are designed -- if possible for the Bailly site -- before construction proceeds to.an advanced stage.
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