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VHonorable Alfonse D'Amato United States Senate i
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Dear Senator D'Amato:
This: responds to your letter of February 19, 1982, wherein you forwarded a-January 22, 1982 letter from Mr. Gregory J. Blass expressing his concern about.
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. evacuation. planning in the. environs of the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station.
The NRC considers it highly unlikely that evacuation would be required as a protective measure for the plume exposure pathway beyond the 10-mile Emergency; Planning: Zone-(EPZ).
This position is reflected in the enclosed
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- NRC' Policy Statement published in the Federal Pegister on October 23, 1979
. (44' FR '61123), and is discussed in detail-in 'a' joint NRC/ EPA Task Force Report J
NUREG-0396-(copy enclosed) which was endorsed by the Comission for use by?
State and local. governments.
-It is.out. understanding.that the detailed evac 0ation plans currently under s
development for Suffolk Couniy do not include the North and South Fork areas since they lie well beyond the 10-mile plume exposure EPZ.
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' of personsLwithin the 10-mile EPZ-contemplates.only minimum use-of.one of the
. principal east-west arteries'(Sunrise Highway) with the consequence that this t
' road. will be accessible for persons. wishing to leave the1 South Fork.~ As a-
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E matter of?information, evacuation is only one of the various protective H
action strategies-that could be taken in the; event of a serious accident.
n In fact, for most of the serious low-probability events, we envision that sheltering would.be the more desirable action-from a risk-benefit. viewpoint.
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Even for the most serious type of release, sheltering followed by aLmore leisurely relocation may be the. optimum choice of protective measures.
HereLagain, as~in most natural disaster or accident situations, the actual e
- measures to be taken.at the time of the event.will be influenced by the many
- variables that.. bear on the ' decision-making process.
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hope that this infomation will be of value to him;
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