ML20032B973
| ML20032B973 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 10/15/1981 |
| From: | Gallen H NEW HAMPSHIRE, STATE OF |
| To: | Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8111060570 | |
| Download: ML20032B973 (2) | |
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Dear Mr. Chairman:
sp I~recently signed legislation that establishes a procedure for the initiation, formulation, and implementation of a nuclear plenning and re-sponse progra= for nuclear generating facilities located in the State of New Hampshire.
This statute gives the state Civil Defense Agency respon-sibility for developing radiological emergency response plans for Seabrook-Station Unit 1, located in Seabrook, New Hampshir.e, currently under con-struction by Public Service Co=pany of New Hampshire.
s In accordance with this legislation, the New Ha=pshire Civf1 Defense Agency issued a request for proposals to develop such plans.
A recommen-dation for a specific contractor will be presented, and must be approved, by the Governor and Executive Council prior to initial planning.
As we begin the task of designing radiological emergency response plans, I would be most grateful for " >ur response to certain questions which have arisen regarding aspects of evacuation and shelter planning.
I am aware of the studies performed regarding evacuation time esticates, and understaad time estimates vary and are dependent upon such conditions as time of day, time of year, status of existing local emergency preparedness plans, and weather conditions.
Sased upon your best informat1on, what does the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or the Federal Energancy Management Agency censider as the time needed to safely evacuate the resident and transient populations of the ten-
-ile radius of Seabrook Station Unit 1 during a so-called "sunmer Sunday" scenario?
In addition, can the Nuclear Regulatory Co.=issicn or the Federal Emergency Fanagement Agency describe exactly what sheltering facilities should be available in a " summer Sunday" accident scenario, given the number of people on the beaches?
I have read Director Harold Denton's recent decisien regarding the re-quest of the Seacost Anti-Pollution League, Docket Nos. 50-443 and 50-444 (10 C.F. R. 21206).
In that decision, the director states, "The NRC recognizes it will be impossible to assure that everyone within the plume exposurc E cr-gency Planning Zone (EPZ) will actually be notified within 15 minutes.
The requirerent is to create a notification system that is capable of reaching i
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Honorable Nunrio Palladino Octo5er 15, 1981 essentially 1007, of the population, not a system that guarantees actual noti-fication." Will the Nuclear Regulatorv C$==ission or the Federal E=ergency Management Agency set standards outlining the einicum percentage of the pop-ulation that cust be notified in order to assure acceptance of the notifica-tien syste=?
Finally, Director Denton states in the same opinion, "This does not imply that in the case of the cost serious low' probability events that all serious health effects will be absolutely prevented.
Indeed, for the very. lowest likelihood events, some serious health effects could be expected at cost operating reactor sites even with e=ergency prep-redness programs which fully =eet the regulations." Will the Nuclear Regelatory Co==ission or the Federal E=ergency Management Agency set standards taat a plan cust meet to insure minicu= health effects in the case of an accident?
I have consistently supported the continued co'nstruction of Seabrook Station Unit 1.
It is my desire to see Seabrook Station Unit 1 safely built, safely operated, and safely =aintained.
I ask for your careful consideration of this inquiry so that ey support of the project is consistent with ny con-cern for the health and welfare of the people of New Ha=pshire.
Sincerely, lI' **
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