ML20067C723
| ML20067C723 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 06/08/1973 |
| From: | Ingram F US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
| To: | Sallach W AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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| ML20067C396 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-90-173 NUDOCS 9102120176 | |
| Download: ML20067C723 (2) | |
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Lear firs. Sa11ach t The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards has asked us to reply to your letter.
Wo--cannot give you a " direct answer" to the question:
"llow far must 1 movo from the proposed nuclear power plants to be
-safe in casce of an accidentt '
Generally speaking, however, wo do=not believe it would be necessary for you to move at all.
One ofthe critoria used by tho AEC Regulatory Staff in deternining if a proposed site is suitable for a nuclear power plant is the consideration of a hypothetical accident which would result in the release of radioactivity,in amounts
- which could be harmful to the public.
This hypothetical-release of radioactivity then is-studied in terms of the meteorological conditions and other characteristics of the proposed site to arrivo at what is called.an exclusion area.
The exclusion area:is defined as-that' area which would:sur-i round.the proposed reactortin which the-licensee would have the_outhority to determino all activities including-oxclusion or removal -of personne) :or property with ' residence within: the 1
area norina11y prohibited.
It must-be of-such size that, under i
the accident conditions described.above,_an individual standing >
f at any' point on tho. boundary for the first two hours following 1
the hypothetical-accident would not-be. exposed.to radiation in -
excess of a limit spelled out in AEC Regulations.
This limit is well below exposurc _ levels.which are known to be harmful-1 to: people.
Theisize of the exclusion area varies according toisite,tbut, as an example, the minimum exclusion distance for Alabama h
Power Company's Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, now under l-construction near Dothan is 4300 feet.-
The closest occupied.
. dwelling is 4500. feet from the plant..This 1s why we believe it' probably would not be-necessary for^you_to move to_be-safe J
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if a nuclear power plant were to be built and operated near Tast.is not to say there is not even a v9ty-your home.small element of risk involved, since living anywhere on You will recall, for example, the earth poses some risk.
i record number of tornadoes which touched down over a large j
part of the country during the recent Memorial Day weekend.
i-Each of the two reactor units at the Parley Plant will have an electrical capacity of 829,000 kilowatts.
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Alabana Po,or Company still is planning to build another two-
.no planned site for the unit nuclear plant in-the State.
facility recently was abandoned because of geologic and seismic considerations.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is building its three unit Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in Limestone Each of these units will have an electrical capacity County.
of 1,065,000 kilowatts.
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We hope this information will be useful to you, we can be of further assistance, please let us know.
i Sincerely, na t 1:stam Frank L. Ingram, Chief Regulatory News Branch Office of Information Services
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R. F. Fraley i
Executive Secretary i
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