ML20076E921

Forwards Rev 2 to Public Info Brochure Re Emergency Procedures

ML20076E921
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Site:	Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png
Issue date:	08/17/1983
From:	James Smith LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CO.
To:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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BRANCH August 17, 1983 Mr. Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 SUBMITTAL OF PUBLIC INFORMATION BROCHURE REVISION 2

Dear Mr. Denton:

In Attachment 1 of our letter of July 28, 1983, " Submittal of Revision 1 Pages of Local Offsite Radiological Response Plan",

we indicated that in response to the FEMA comment G.2, LILCO has revised the public information brochure to include improved maps, response card and school listings.

Attached to this letter is a copy of the revised Public Inform-ation Brochure, Rev. 2.

Very truly yours,

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When you hear a siren sounding for three to five minutes:

1. Turn on your FM or AM radio. If any locations are to be evacuated, it will be done zone-

2. Tune to the Emergency Broadcast station W-A-L-K (97.5 by-zone.

FM or 1370 AM).

3. Listen for details and instructions about the alarm. YOU ARE IN ZONE E l 4. You will know just what to do if you listen to W-A-L-K.

m s not announceem is no ned to wacu-If there is an accident at the Shoreham Nuclear Power a cuam p shoW leae as Station, it will be classified by its degree of seriousness. The n ss&. hadon GnWs haden estaMsM least serious will be called, " unusual event." The most seri-

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ous will be called " general emergency" family can be cared for until the emergency is over. The Relo-l If public protection is required, you may be asked to cation Center for zone E is the Suffolk County Community

" shelter." To shelter is to keep the family and pets indoors. College (SCCC). If you need special help, or if you know of Close off all outside openings. Shut doors and windows. Turn someone who does, please call 000@00 l

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N N Emergency Procedures When you hear a siren sound for three to five minutes:

1. Turn on your AM or FM radio

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Why Emergency Check List  ;

I . eo Planning? Page 8 Page 2 x .

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Summary seiocation Centers have been estab-lished for you to go to,if needed. At Of ImnOrtant r these Centers you and your family can

. InfOrmallOn be cared for until you return home.

When you hear a siren sounding for

'- three to five minutes:

1. Turn on your FM or AM radio.

2. Tune to the Emergency Broadcast station W-A-L-K (97.5 FM or 1370 AM).

3. Listen for details and instructions about the alarm.

4. You will knowjust what to do if you listen to W-A-L-K.

If there is an accident at the Shore-ham Nuclear Power Station,it will be classified by its degree of seriousness.

The least serious will be called " unusual event." The most serious will be called

" general emergency."

If public protection is required, you may be asked to " shelter." To shelter is to keep the family and pets indoors.

Close off all outside openings. Shut doors and windows.Tum off air condi-tioning and heating systems.

If any locations are to be evacuated, it will be done zone-by-zone. (Your Zone

1. is on the cover of this booklet.)The ten miles surrounding Shoreham are di-vided into nineteen zones. If your zone l is not announced there is no need to leave your home. If your zone is an-l nounced, you should leave as soon as

! possible. If you are in a zone other than l your home zone, follow the actions of local residents.

Special plans have been made for:

. E people with handicaps E people with special transportation needs if you need special help, orif you know of someone who does, please fill out and return the postcard included in the back of this booklet.

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2 Emergency plans have been devel-Whv" oped for each of the nineteen separate zones. Each zone is an area that might

. Emergency need to take action in an emergency.

The zones take in areas up to ten miles Plannina9 3* around the Shoreham Station.

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In 1980 more than 130,000 American familias had to leave their homes be-cause of emergencies. There were hur-ricanes, tornadoes, major accidents, explosions, and fires.To meet the needs of these people the American Red Cross set up thousands of tempo-rary relocation centers.

Government and private agencies have improved their ability to handle emergencies. Plans are made to pro-vide for safe and efficient care of fami-lies during emergencies. In 1979, the U.S. Government established the Fed-eral Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). FEMA oversees the federal role in emergencies. State and County agencies are also responsible for plan-ning for emergencies.

LILCO operates the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station under the very highest safety standards. Still, it is pos-sible that the Shoreham Station could release hazardous materialinto the environment. LILCO has carefully devel-oped plans for handling all emergen-cies. These plans were developed under regulations issued by the Federal Government in 1980. They strengthen emergency procedures for all nuclear stations. They enable officials to handle any emergency situation that may arise.

Each person in the area should also be personaily prepared. This booklet

. describes your role in dealing with a lo-cal emergency. Although this booklet was written for the Shoreham Power Station, many of the procedures can be applied when storms, fires, transporta-tion accidents, or other emergencies strike.

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Of EmerOencies fail to work correctly. Some failures may Can Occur? resuit in a ieak of radioactive materiai into the containment building.The There is very little likelihood that any ac. building was designed to hold the ra-cident would occur that would require diation inside the buildings.

area residents to take protective action. In the United States reactors have been in operation for a long time. In Still, plans must be made.The chief fact, if all the years that all the reactors health hazard of a nuclear plant is that in the world have been working were radioactive materials might be re- added up, it would come to 2,000 years.

leased. A major release is unlikely be- In all these 2,000 years no accident has cause a nuclear plant is built with very ever occurred that has hurt the public.

many overlapping safety features. In ad-At Three Mile Island the containment dition,it is surrounded by a massive building prevented a major release concrete and steel building. This build- ,

of radiation. This was what it was built ing holds the radioactive material inside.

to do.

At Shoreham, the reactor is covered Despite this safety record, as one by a 135 ft. structure. This structure is more precaution, plans to protect the made of reinforced concrete and is,in public have been developed for the addition, steel lined. Its base is 10 feet Shoreham Station. The plans protect thick. The wall around the reactor is people who live or work within 10 miles seven feet thick. Around this is a 220 of the Shoreham Plant.

foot high reinforced concrete cylinder.

Its walls are two feet thick. The design is to prevent any release of radioactive materials. Even if an accident did occur, the material is likely to be retained in-side the structure. ' r i i i-Anotherimportant point; a nuclear b ~ ' ~

i power plant cannot explode like an . _ _ . . l atomic bomb. A nuclear reactor differs p A from a bomb in several ways.The most g

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Events Or SITE AREA EMERGENCY: Radioac-Accidents .

tive reieases could result which may require people living nearest the Classi fied? piant to take protective action. The purpose of a Site Area Emergency Fourclasses of ernergency have been is to assure that staff required for established for a nuclear plant accident. evacuation are at duty stations. They From least to most serious they are would be ready if the situation should E Unusual Event become more serious.

E Alert E LILCOwillnotifyallgovernment E Site Area Emergency agencies of the emergency condition.

E General Emergency Off site workers will be ready to do UNUSUAL EVENT: This is a condi- the;ir jobs.

tion which does not cause serious damage to the plant. It may not even E The Emergency Broadcast Sys-require a change in operation.There tem will be on the air with public is no release of radioactive material. messages on W-A-L-K (97.5 FM or it does not require any off-site re- 1370 AM).

sponse. No off-site monitoring is re- E The Emergency Operations Facil-quired, ity will be opened to direct utility E LILCO willinform all government response activities.

authorities and the media of the GENERAL EMERGENCY:This is the Unusual Event condition.The most severe. It involves possible fuel Shoreham plant staff will respond core damage. Radioactive releases to the event. On-shift resources, could result which may require peo-only, will be used. ple living in the 10-mile zone around ALERT: This is a condition in which the plant to take protective actions.

overall plant safety is reduced. There E LILCO will notify all government is little chance of any radioactive re- agencies of the greater emergency.

l lease. An Alert condition assures E Off-site workers will help the public.

that the emergency staff are readily E The Emergency Broadcast Sys-available to respond if the situation tem will be on the air with public should become more serious. messages on W-A-L-K (97.5 FM or

, E LILCO willinform all government 1370 AM).

agencies of the Alert condition.

LILCO will also provide press briefings. The Shoreham plant-staff will activate the on-site Tech-nical Support Center (TSC). The Local Emergency Response Organization will open the Emer-gency Operations Center. The team will begin off-site activities.

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med These tone-alert radios have been How You P' aced in schoois, hospitais, nursing homes, and other buildings.

Would Be Told in most cases, if the Shoreham Plant failed to operate properly there could be Eighty-nine sirens have been installed hours or even days before there was a in the areas around the Shoreham dangerous release of radiation.

Plant. These sirens will alert you to any The Emergency Broadcast System emergency that requires you to take ac- w ll provide details about the reason for tion. The sirens tell you to turn on your an alarm. You will alwayspe advised radio. You will receive instructions from what to do. You should stay tuned in the radio announcer. The sirens sound

, to W-A-L K until the emergency is similar to fire sirens but there is a differ- declared over.

ence. The Shoreham sirens make a sound lasting from three to five min-utes. (Fire alarms make a wailing sound for about two minutes. Their sound pul-sates up to ten times in the two min-utes.)If you hear the long siren sound:

E Turn on your radio E Tune in W-A-L-K (97.5 FM or 1370 AM)

In addition to the sirens and your own radios, there are more than 100 tone-alert radios in the area. These radios automatically turn on when an Emer-gency Broadcast Message comes on the air.

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Although it is very unlikely, an accident could release radioactive materials.

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for several hours. Any release would most often be relatively smal;, an amount that would be spread into the air. It would then move with the wind until diluted to such a low level that it would not be a danger. Nearby resi-dents may be advised to remain in-doors. Buildings block some of the outside radiation. People are to remain indoors untilthe chance of exposure has ended.

You might find yourself outside an area where the residents have been ad-vised to remain indoors. If this should happen, do not enter the area until you have been told that allis clear.

If the emergency broadcasts advise residents of your area to shelter you should:

E Keep your family and petc inside l E Shelter your livestock. Place them on stored feed E Closed all doors and windows E Turn off air conditioners and heat- l ing systems E Extinguish firesin fireplaces l E Stay off the roads (unless told to  !

evacuate, you will be safer staying inside)

E Stay tuned to the Emergency Broadcast System E Avoid using the telephone. Lines must be open for emergencycalls E Go to the basement,if you have one 6

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This decision will be made when there Li .(A ,c F 'i S WIND is a possibility of a release of radiation over a long period of time. If your aum zone is to be evacuated, detailed in-structions will be broadcast over the Emergency Broadcast System.

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The release of radiation would most likely be into the air. It would act as a cloud traveling in the direction the wind is blowing. However, radiation is not visi-ble, and it does not have an odor. But it can easily be detected by scientific equipment.

If radiation is released, it could occur all-at-once or over a period of time. As the release spreads, it becomes diluted in the atmosphere. It then loses itself in the air and becomes harmless.

If your zone is to be evacuated, when you leave your house, place a damp common cotton handkerchief or bath-room towel over your nose and mouth.

A full emergency plan has already been prepared for local residents. It takes into account seasonal changes in population, shifting winds, and bad weather. The plan divides the ten-mile area around the Shoreham Plant into the nineteen zones. Each zone can easily be identified, and has definite physical boundaries. If it is decided to evacuate areas around the plant, it will be done by zons. Each zone has been 7

E A portable radio (batteries Check List inciuded)

E Food and water for pets If the Emergency Broadcast System E This booklet announces that your zone should be IF YOU ARE DISABLED evacuated, Arrangements have been made for YOU SHOULD:

handicapped people who are unable to E Remain calm. You will have follow the directions given in th,s i

enough time to leave booklet. People needing special help E Ignore all rumors. Stay tuned to because of physical disabilities, confine-one of the emergency broadcast ment, or old age should fill out the ad-stations for official reports vance registration card in this booklet E Avoid using the telephone (this will now and mailit(see page 000).Those keep the phone lines open) who cannot mail the card for them-E Offer a ride to a neighbor who may selves should have someone doit for need one them. The cards will be used to compile a list of area residents with disabilities.

E Close the windows and airvents of Included will be people suffering from your car. Do not use the air condi-blindness, hearing loss, wheelcha,r i tioner or heater tillyou have left confinement, or inability to mcve be-the emergency area causeof age.Thedisabledwhoneed E Leave by the route shown on the help will be properly cared for. Persons map in this booklet (see page 10) who mail the card will hear from us E If you do not have a ride, walk to soon after we receive the card.

the nearest point on the emer-gency bus route. See the map on page 10 of this booklet.

You will receive notice to leave the zone long before any significant amount of radiation is released. You should have enough time to collect items listed below.

GATHER THE ITEMS YOU WOULD NEED FOR A FEW DAYS AWAY FROM HOME. INCLUDE:

E Blankets and sleeping bags for everyone E Prescription medicines,if needed E Changes of clothing for several days E Personalitems. Take shaving kits, soaps, and cosmetics E Formulas and other needs of infants and children E Checkbooks, credit cards, and important papers 8

Be Prepared To be sure that your family is prepared for any emergency, you should:

E Have your family read this booklet.

E Talk about it with the family.

Be sure that everyone knows what to do.

E Find your emergency Relocation Center on the map (page 10).

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Note how you would get from your .

house to the Relocation Center.

E If the perscn on the radio tells your zone to leave home, go quickly.

Plan now where you will go.Will you go to your Relocation Center?

Or will you go to a friend's or rela-tive's house outside the 10-mile emergency area?

E Each family should decide now how they will get together. Does a family member work outside the zone? Arrange a meeting place outside the zone.

E Do you think you will need special help? If you do, mail the enclosed i

card to us. We will write back tell-ing how we will help. Do you know of someone else who needs help?

If you do, tell us that too.

E It is a good idea to keep a portable radio and extra batteries on hand.

A flashlight and a first-aid kit are good to have with you too.

5 Keep this booklet. Put it in a place that you will not forget.

E Any questions? Please feel free to write to:

LILCO P.O. Box 624 Wading River, NY 11742 We want to help.

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If the radio announcer tells your zone to You willfind each of the Relocation leave the area, you have a choice as to Centers easy to get to. All the services ,

where you will go. It is best to take your that you might need will be there. Every- )

family out of the emergency area. Go- thing will be done for your safety and ing to a friend or a relative would be comfort.

best. However,if you do not have any The Relocation Centers can be a place to go, the relocation center for meeting point. It can even be a mes- i your zone is THE SUFFOLK COUNTY sage center for you, your family and 1 COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SELDEN your friends. Those planning to leave CAMPUS. the emergency area can also use the Other relocation centers for other Relocation Centers for a meeting place zonesinclude: and forleaving messages. ,

E The State University at Stony Remember, wherever you choose to Brook go, stay calm and drive carefully. Travel E The BOCES Islip Occupational by the road shown on your map. Spend Center Complex, Islip, N.Y. a few moments now checking the road you willtake. Check either from your if more space is needed,we will have home to the Relocation Center, or to a two more Relocation Centers for you to friend or relatives house.

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ea aa DO NOT DRIVE TO SCHOOL TO Chi ldren PICK UP YOUR CHILDREN. All of the in School districts wiii be kept up-to-date on con-ditions at the LILCO plant. Schools will be advised to implement emergency There are 19 school districtsin the procedures at the Alert stage. l

. emergency zone. The districts include-

1. Shoreham-Wading River

2. Little Flower Union Free

3. Rocky Point Union Free

4. Middle Island Central

5. Miller Place Union Free I

6. Mt. Sinal Union Free j

7. Port Jefferson Union Free (except i Earl L.Vandermeulen High School)

8. Comsewogue Union Free (except Comsewogue Secondary School, John F. Kennedy JHS, Terryville Elementary School)

9. Middle Country Central (except New Lane Elementary School)

10. Patchogue-Medford Union Free (except Tremont Ave. Elementary School)

11. South Haven Union Free (except South Haven Elementary School)

12. South Manor Union Free

13. Eastport Union Free (except East-port Elementary School)

14. Riverhead Central (except Mercy High School, Riverhead High (Additional school information School, Riverhead Junior High is being developed)

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David School, Roanoke Ave. Ele-mentary School, St. John School)

15. Wm. Floyd Union Free (except Wm.

Floyd High School, Wm. Paca JHS, Nathaniel Woodhull School, Wil-Ilam Floyd Elementary School, Tangler Smith Elementary School, Moriches Elementary School)

16. Center Moriches Union Free (ex-cept Center Moriches HS, Center Moriches Elementary School)

17. West Manor

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@ are exposed to. Radiation comes from What You nature and other sources like medical and dental x-rays.

- Should Know EXPOSURE LEVELS How many mil-About Radiation lirem are you now receiving? It depends

. on several factors. It depends on your (To help you understand radiation here diet, and the building materials of your is a report based on information by home and workplace. Also the amount Roger Linnemann, M.D. He is a Profes- of medical x-rays you receive, and even sor of Radiology at the University cf the elevation of your home. Higher alti-Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He is tudes receive more natural radiation.

also President of the Radiation Man- In 1979 a report on radiation was writ-agement Corporation.) ten by the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the Environ-NATURAL RADIATION Radiation has mental Protection Agency and other been with us since the beginning of federal agencies. It found that Amen,-

time.We are constantly exposed to radi-cans receive about 100 millirem a year ation from the atmosphere's cosmic from natural radiation in our environ-rays. In addition, radioactive elements, such as radium and uranium, are scat- ment.

tered in harmless quantities throughout Most Americans receive about 44 our world. This creates an environment millirem a year from the atmosphere's on Earth that is always " radioactive." cosmic radiation. Also, about 18 milli-Our soil, the wood and brick that we rem from natural radioactivity in the use to build our homes, the food we eat, water, food and air. And about 40 milli-the water we drink are all radioactive. rem come from natural radioactivity Even the air we breathe contains mate. in soil and rocks.

rials that are naturally radioactive. In addition, most Americans are ex-Through most of our history we were posed to almost that much merely from unaware of natural radiation being re. medical and dental procedures. A sin-l leased around us billions of times a gle chest x-ray adds about 20 millirem.

second. But in the century since radia. A dental x-ray about 3. Adult Americans tion was discovered, it has become one receive about 90 millirem a year from of the most widely studied and best medical sources.

understood processes in all of nature. Government scientists estimate that A standard measurement of radiation fallout from nuclear weapons adds 5 is called the " rem." Since most expo. millirem. Some consumer products, like sures result in only small fractions of a luminous watches, color television sets, rem, they are often described in terms and smoke detectors with small radio-of the " millirem"-or one-thousandth of active components give off additional a rem. exposure. Altogether, the total exposure of most New Yorkers to natural and EASILY DETECTED Radiation is easily man-made radiation is probably a little detected and measured. We have in. over 200 millirem each year.

struments that can find even a few ra- Some Americans receive more radia-dioactive atoms among billions of tion. If you live in Denver, for example, non-radioactive ones. We can measure you would receive about 25 millirem the precise amounts of radiation that we more than if you lived at sea-level. The 13

higher elevation would expose you to * - a additional cosmic rays. If you make trips E ,

. by airplane you receive 1 to 2 additional millirem for each 2,500 miles.The g'g higher flying altitudes put you closer to 8*

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RADIATION AND NUCLEAR PLANTS "

The operation of a nuclear power piant is a minor factor in radiation exposure.

Even the people wholive nearest a plant receive at most only 1 to 2 millirem a year! This is less than the radiation a <

one gets during one coast-to-coast air-plane flight.

h What about radiation released as a result of a reactor accident? There are more than 75 nuclear-powered com-mercial electric plants operating around the country. Yet, there has never been an accident that has exposed the public to the level of a year's natural radiation.

At Three Mile Island the containment building prevented a major release of radiation. This was what it was built to do.

Radiation and health experts calcu .

lated at Three Mile Island the most radi-ation that anyone could have received.

l Even those standing in the highest radi-l ation area outside the plant for 10 days received a dose of only 70 millirems.

They reported that the average expo-sure for the population within 5 miles of the plant was only about 1 millirem.

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workers in the nuclear industry be lim-RADIATION GUIDELINES Two organi. ited to a maximum of 5,000 millirem a zations of prominent scientific experts year. For members of the public, the on radiation and health-The Interna. recommendation is a maximum of 500 tional Commission on Radiological Pro. millirem above natural and medical tection and the National Councilon exposure.

Padiation Prctection and Measure- We know that radiation can be haz-ments-were cetablished in the 1920s. ardous at high levels. However, at the They recommend public health and levelsof thesestandards,if thereisan safety standards for radiation exposure. effect on health, it is so small that we After more than 50 years' experience, cannot even detect it.

they today recommend that exposure to Typical Radiation Sources' Sources and amount of annual radiation exposure, according to U.S. government health and environmental experts.

Source Millirem Cosmic rays from the sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Natural radioactivity in water, food and air. . . . . . . 18 Natural radioactivity in soil and rocks . . . . . . . . . . 40 Medical and dental x rays . . . . .. ........90 Consumer products such as TV,

. luminous clock dials . . . . .. . . . . . . less than 1 Fallout from weapons test . . . . . . . . . ........ . 5 Nuclear powar plants routine operation. . less than 1

'The Report on the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Health Effects of lonizing Radiation." issued by the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

June 1979.

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Attachnent 1 Eleanor L. Frucci, Esq.

James A. Laurenson Attorney .

Gisirman Atomic Safety and Licensing .

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commiesion Comeiseion East-West Tower, North Tower East-West Tower, En. 402A 4350 East-West Highway 4350 East-Weae awy. Rethesda, MD 20814 Bethesda, MD 20814 David J. Cilmartin, Esq.

Dr. Jerry R. Kline Attn: Patricia A. Dempsey, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing County Attorney Board Suffolk County Department U.S. Nuclear Regulatory of Law Comission Veterans Memorial Highway East-West Tower, Es. 427 Hauppauge , New Y0rk 11787 4350 East-West Hwy.

Bethesda, MD 20814 Herbert H. Brown, Esq.

Lawrence Coe Lanpher, Esq.

Dr. M. Stanley Livingston Christopher McMurra.y , Esq.

1005 Calle Largo Kirkpatrick, Lockhart, Hill c

Sante Fe. New Mexico 87501 Christopher & Phillips

! 8th Floor Secretary of the Conseission 1900 M Street, N.W.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Washhaton, D.C. 20036 Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Mr. Marc. W. Goldsmith Energy Research Group Atomic Safety and Licensing 4001 Totten Pond Road Appeal Board Panel Waltham, Massachusetts 02154 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory l- Comission HEB Technical Associates Washington, D.C. 20555 1723 Hamilton Avenue l-Suite K Atomic Safety and Licensing San Jose, California 95125 Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatoty Mr. Jay Dunkleberger Commission 'N York State Energy Of fice Washington, D.C. 20555 .xunev Building 2 t

• ira State Plaza Bernard M. Bordenick, Esq. oany, New York 12223 David A. Repka, Esq.

Edwin J. Reis, Esq. Hunton & Williams l

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 707 East Main Street Commission P.O. Box 1535 l 1; 7735 Old Georgetown Road Richmond, Virginia 23212 (to mailroom)

Sethesda, MD 20814 l

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Stewart M. Glass , Esq.

Begional Counsel -

Federal Emergency Management Agency 26 3!sderal Plaza, Room 1349 New York, New York 10278 Stehen B. Latham, Esq.

Twomey, Latham & Shea 33 West Second Street P.O. Box 398 Riverhead, New York 119C1 Ralph Shapiro, Esq.

Commer & Shapiro , P.C.

9 East 40th Street New York, New York 10016 James Dougherty, Esq.

3045 Porter Street Washington, D.C. 20008 I.

I Howard L. Blau 217 Newbridge Road Hicksville, New York 11801 l.

Jonathan D. Feinberg,Esq.

New York State Department of Public Service Three Empire State Plaza Albany, New York 12223 1'

' Spence W. Perry, Esq.

l Associate General Counsel

' Federal Emergency Management .

Agency 500 C Street, S.W.

Room 840 Washington, D.C. 20472 All other holders of SNPS Local Of fsite Radiological Emergency Response Plan.

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