ML20033D901
| ML20033D901 | |
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| Site: | 05000000, Indian Point |
| Issue date: | 05/30/1986 |
| From: | Ingram F NRC OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS (OPA) |
| To: | Damato A SENATE |
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| FOIA-90-44 NUDOCS 8606130251 | |
| Download: ML20033D901 (3) | |
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Dear Senator D'Amato:
This replies to your recent comunication transmitting a copy of Mr. David Rota's letter to you.
As you will recall, the Comission, on May 7,1985, issued a-" Decision" resulting from a special proceeding to determine the extent to which the population around Indian Point affects the risk posed by an accident there as compared to the spectrum of risks posed by other nuclear power plants.
The Commission also was concerned with both the total risk to persons arid property and the risk to individuals living in the vicinity of the Indian Point site, including that resultiag from possible attficul+,ies assaciated Oth evacuation in an ou rgency.
As part of thit offort, a Licensing Bosrd conducted a discretionary adjudicatory hearing to consider seven specific questions:
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What risk may be posed by serious accidents at Indian Point 2 and 3.
including 6ccidents not considered in the plants' design batis, pending and l
after any improvements described in Comission Questions two and four?
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Whet improvements in the level of safety will result from measures required or referenced in the Director's Order to the licensees dated February 11, 1980, or from other measures?
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What is the current status and degree of conformance with NRC/ Federal 1
Emergency Management Agency guidelines of state and local emergency planning l
within a 10-mile radius of the site and, to the' extent that it is relevant to risks posed by the two plants, beyond a 10-mile radius?
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What improvements in the level of emergency planning can be expected in the near future, and on what time schedule :nd are there other specific I
offsite emergency procedures that are feasible and should be taken to protect l
the public?
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Based on7he foregoing, how do the risks posed by Indian Point Units 2 and 3 compare with the range of risks posed by other nuclear power plants licensed to operate by the Comission?
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What would be the energy, environmental, economic or other consequences of a shutdown of Indian Point Unit 2 and/or Unit 37 7.
Does the Governor of the State of New York wish to express an official position with' regard trthe long-term operation of the units?
To address these matters, 20 parties participated in 55 days of adjudicatory hearing involving over 200 witnesses.
In addition to over 15,000 pages of transcript, there were nearly 3,000 pages of prefiled testimony and about 170 exhibits. The Licensing Board issued its opinion and recommendations on October 24, 1983, and comments on the Board's findings were filed by the licensees, NRC staff, the intervenors, New York's Lieutenant Governor and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Based on this record, the Commission concluded, in part, in its May 1985 " Decision" that:
...neither shutdown of Indian Point Unit 2 or Unit 3, nor imposition of additional remedial actions beyond those already implemented by the licensees, is warranted at this time...
"We are not persuaded that the additional potential risk. reducing measures recommended by the Board should be imposed on the licensees at this time...
...even though at this tite there can be no truly reliable quantitative comparison of the :isk imposed on the public by the Indian Point units and the risk imposed by other r.imilar nuclear pwer plants, operation of Indian Points Units 2 end 3 does not impose a risk to the public significantly greater than that imposed by other NRC. licensed plants...
" Emergency planning at Indian Point was inadequate at the time of the conclusion of the hearings in this proceeding.
However, we recognize that the situation has improved since that time, and direct our staff to... report to us within sixty days of the issuance of this Decision on the current status of emergency planning at Indian Point and on whether the deficiencies identified by the Board and by the Commission in this proceeding have been corrected..."
I hope that this information will be helpful to you in replying to Mr. Rota's letter and, as you requested, I am returning your correspondence with this reply.
Sincerely, Frank Ingram Assistant to the Director Office of Public Affairs
Enclosure:
As stated 86-0437 SECY(3)
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