ML20003A073
| ML20003A073 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Yellow Creek  |
| Issue date: | 01/26/1981 |
| From: | Bohorfoush L YELLOW CREEK WATERSHED AUTHORITY, IUKA, MS |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8101290431 | |
| Download: ML20003A073 (2) | |
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TELEPHONE 601/423 6456 ed A January 26, 1981 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Washington, D.C.
20555 Gentlemen:
Our agency has been working with three counties in Northeast
- issi Lgi ;c help them upgrede their overall emergency response capabilities. Also included, of course, is consideration of "ocal emergency response capabilities in support of the Yellow Creek Nuclear facility now under construction in this area.
The Tennessee Valley Authority has already been very generous, through its mitigation program, in assisting these three counties to
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upgrade their general e=ergency response systems, such as fire fighting, emergency =edical, etc. However, when it comes down to ite=s specifi-cally to the Nuclear Power Plant, local officials are under the im-pression, mistakenly we think, that the Yellow Creek facility absolutely cannot be licensed without their concurrence. They are also of the opinion that they expect TVA to, in effect, pay for all emergency re-sponse upgrading before they will give their concurrence and allow the facility to operate.
We have reviewed numerous NRC documents for them, including NUREG-0553, "Beyond Defense-In-Depth," and NUREG-0396, " Planning Basis for the Development of State and Local Government Radiological Emergency Response Plans in Support of Light Water Nuclear Power Plants" but have not succeeded in convincing them.
We have urged them to take advantage of the available mitigation funds, now, rather than holding our for more later. We have also pointed out to them that the mitigation funds will allow them to up-grade their total emergency response infrastructure, while any funds which may come later would be specifically tied to radiological emer-gency response and do nothing to help them put out fires or save the lives,of heart attack victims.
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" Promoting the Development of Human Resources" BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Truitt Stockton Martha Segars - Milton Grisham - Troy Bumpas - R. H. Kay -
Oliver Eaton - A. C. Wright - Jim Byram - Stanley Dexter EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: R. Edwin Hunley 8101290- D
9 Pags Two January 26, 1991 Would you please, in as plain language as possible, clarify this question for us and for them. We think a letter directly from your office would be much more effective than our trying to get them to read the voluminous NRC documents.
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