ML20070H245

Urges Consideration of All Info Re Adequacy of Emergency Plans & Current State of Emergency Preparedness.All Steps Must Be Taken to Ensure Adequacy of Emergency Planning

ML20070H245
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	12/20/1982
From:	Addabbo J, Bingham J, Downey T, Ferrarro G, Fish H, Ronnie Garcia, Gilman B, Markey E, Mchugh M, Mckinney S, Moffett A, Peyser P, Rangel C, Ratchford W, Rodino P, Rosenthal B, Scheuer J, Schneider C, Schumer C, Weiss T HOUSE OF REP.
To:	NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
References
NUDOCS 8212230276
Download: ML20070H245 (3)

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Dear Commissioners:

We are writing to express our concern over the possible re-opening of the Indian Peint Nuclear Power Plants.

In par-ticular, we urge you to fully consider the most recent infor-mation regarding the adequacy of the emergency plans as well as the current state of actual preparedness for an emergency at Indian Point.

We hope that you will take all steps neces-sary to guarantee that emergency planning and preparedness are adequate to protect public health and safety in the coun-

. ties around Indian Point including New York City.

We understand that on' Friday, December:17, the Federal Emergency Management Agency submitted to you an-evaltation of emergency planning around Indian Point, even though.they had informed you that no evaluation of the actual state of emergency preparedness will be possible until some time after another exercise, scheduled for March 8, 1983, has been con-ducted-to test emergency response procedures.

Further, we are aware that no evaluation of New York City's preparedness to respond to an accident at Indian Point is even contemplated.

.The NRC's regulations required that there be adequate emergency planning and preparedness for nuclear plant acci-dents by April 1, 1981.

The fact that emergency preparedness at Indian Point is still in question more than a year and a half later. is deeply disturbing to us.

Our concerns are heightened, among other things, by re-cent reports of equipment degradation at the plants and of possible accident consequences much greater than previously estimated.

During the past year, the media has reported prob-lems ranging from a 1981 "below average" safety and performance rating for Indian Point 2, to steam generator tube leaks, tur-bine defects, and possible reactor vessel embrittlement.

Most recently, a report for the NRC, prepared by Sandia National Laboratories, estimated that a worst case accident at Indian Point could result in many thousands of fatalities, early in-juries, and delayed cancer deaths in the New York metropolitan area, and hundreds of billions of dollars in economic losses.

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Page'2 U.S. Nuclear Re.gulatory Commission December 2Q 1982 Additionally, we urge you to thoroughly review the ovidence on emergency planning and preparedness gathered in the special investigation currently underway before the Atomic Safety and LiceN ing Board.

Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

We look forward to hearing from you at your earliest conven-ience.

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