ML20039A685
| ML20039A685 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 11/24/1981 |
| From: | Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Ottinger R HOUSE OF REP., ENERGY & COMMERCE |
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| NUDOCS 8112210152 | |
| Download: ML20039A685 (2) | |
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November 24, 1981.
CHAIRMAN The Honorable Richard L. Ottinger, Chairman Subcomittee on Energy Conservation and Power Committee on Energy and Comerce United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
I am writing this letter in response to you and your colleagues' concern over the delay in appointing the board which will preside over the proceeding at Indian Point.
On September 18, 1981, the Comission issued a Memorandum and Order which, in addition to clarifying the January 8 order on the scope and procedures for the proceeding, appointed the members of the Board.
I have enclosed a copy of that order for your convenience, The appointment of the Board removed the last obstacle to the actual commencement of the proceeding. The next step will be requests by interested citizens and agencies to participate in the hearing, followed by Board action on those requests and the holding of a prehearing conference by the Board to decide further schedules. As the amended order indicates, the Commission has requested the Board's recommendations within one year.
With regard to your concern over emergency planning at Indian Point, it is, as you know, the subject of a systematic, on-going review by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the NRC. The NRC relies on FEMA to determine the adequacy of off-site preparedness.
FEMA has stated it would not be able to make a definitive finding until it has completed its formal review of emergency plans, and until it has conducted an emergency preparedness exercise, now scheduled for Indian Point in March, 1982.
After FEMA has completed its review, the NRC will incorporate FEMA's findings into our overall evaluation of the adequacy of emergency preparedness.
The Union of Concerned Scientists and the New York Public Interest Research Group have filed a petition in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals seeking review of the NRC's failure to take action against the Indi.an Point licensees over issues of emergency.
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Emergency planning is also one of the issues the Connission has delineated for consideration at the hearings.
It should receive full attention during those proceedings.
If I can be of further assistance, please contact me.
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