ML20041F675

Comments on Des.Requests City of Lawrence Be Included in Emergency Preparedness Plan Re Ordinance to Control & Monitor Transportation of Radioactive Matls within City for Safety of Residents

ML20041F675
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	03/12/1982
From:	Francisco M LAWRENCE, KS
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 8203170289
Download: ML20041F675 (2)

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/ KANSAS BUFORD M. WATSON, JR., CITY MANAGER CITY OFFICES 6 EAST 6TH BOX 708 66044 913 841 7722

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Dear Director:

The City Commission of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, has asked me to respond to your invitation for public comments on the Draft Environmental Statement related to the operation of Wolf Creek Generation Station at Burlington, Kansas.

There are several reasons why the City of Lawrence is interested in the operation of Wolf Creek Generating Station:

1. The City of Lawrence, with a population of 52,738 persons, is between 55 and 62 miles north / northeast of the Wolf Creek Plant. A portion of the Wakarusa watershed area, which provides water for the City of Lawrence, is within 50 miles radius of the Wolf Creek Plant.

2. The prevailing wind pattern in this part of the state places Lawrence and its watershed directly in the prevailing wind pattern during much of the year. We fear that our location will expose our city to radioactive particles which could be carried by the wind.

3. A number of our citizens have expressed a real concern to the City of Lawrence that we should be well prepared to meet any emergency that might be precipitated in this exposure pathway by the operation of the Wolf Creek Generating Station.

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Director, Division of Licensing Washington, D. C. 20555 March 12, 1982 Page 2 The City of Lawrence has taken previous action to control and monitor the transportation of radioactive materials within our city. We feel that this ordinance indicates the interest of the Commission and the community. The ordinance adoption shows our willingness to accept our responsibility in this sensitive problem area.

The City Commission has asked me to request that the City of Lawrence be included in the Emergency Preparedness Plan Provision for " appropriate ranges of protective actions, provisions for rapid notification of the public in serious reactor emergency, and methods, assistance, and equipment for assess-ing and monitoring actual or potential off-site consequcnces in the emergency planning zones of a radiological emergency condition."

We believe that it is quite important and prudent for the City of Lawrence to be a part of the overall Emergency Preparedness Plan and have the benefit of immediate notification of any emergency so that our citizens can be warned.

We ask that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission make certain that the Emergency Preparedness Plan is completed well in advance of the fuel loading dates so that the City of Lawrence and the public can have time to comment on their perceptions of its workability.

We thank you for giving us the opportunity to comment on the Environmental Statement as we believe that it affects the citizens of the City of Lawrence.

If I can provide further information, please feel free to contact me.

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Marci Francisco Mayor MF/ed i cc: Members of the City Commission Leon Mannell L