ML20082K216

Forwards St Andrew School Board Resolution Opposing Licensing Due to Inadequacy of Evacuation Plan

ML20082K216
Person / Time
Site:	Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png
Issue date:	11/22/1983
From:	Blodorn J SAG HARBOR, NY
To:	Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
References
ISSUANCES-OL-3, NUDOCS 8312050081
Download: ML20082K216 (4)

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Dear Mr. Palladino:

Shoreham Nuclear Plant I call your attention to the enclosed Resolution which was passed by the St. Andrew's School Board.

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SCHOOL BOARD RESOLUTION OF N 0 E a -

GCCKEIlHG & SEftvici. E SRANCH M WHEREAS, the County of Suffolk has determined, after O substantive study and lengthy hearings, that no 5 emergency plan can be developed to provide m citizens sufficient protection in a Shoreham -,

emergency: and ' -

WHEREAS, the County of Suffolk has therefore concluded .:

that it cannot, in good faith, prepare or implement an emergency plan, or support full power operation 5

Ei of the Shoreham Luclear r!. ants and' Q WHEREAS,  ??

the Long Island Lighting Company, in an effort to =

meet federal regulations, has prepared an emergency M plan which only LIICO, lacking coordination with @

local or state governments, will attempto to implement 5; and Si WHEREAS, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Shoreham licensing . [

board is now conduction hearings to review the adequacy a of the LILCO emergency plans and M

?l.L WHEREAS, the LILCO emergency plan includes protective actions $

to be taken by schools and a h..

WHEREAS, this board of education < having reviewed LIIf0's i emergency plans for schocis, and, having discussed K-those plans or lack of with concerned parents, wishes @

to advise the ECR's Shoreham licensing board of the g plan's workability for its districts and 15 WHEREAS, this board has identified the following weaknesses in fi the LILCO emergency plan which has excluded the East }

End schools, but the following weaknesses still apply l2 should there be an accident at Shoreham: '

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1. Transportation - We cannot guarantee that the if number of buses and drivers required for successful li early dismissal, in case of a radiological accident, E i

will be available to the schools. Drivers may need 5.!

to first attend to the safety of their own families Rnd may decline to drive school buses. This will @

prolong childrens' stay at schools in possibly m; contaminated areas.  ;-

2. hoods of School Personnel - We cannot guarantee hf that teaching and non-teaching personnel will stay '

in schools to supervise students in case of a radiological accident. These teachers and staff may need to attend to the safety of their own familles and therefore may not be available to perfoom ,

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l emergency related tasks.

3 Iack of Parental Supervision - The success of any dismissal plan depends not only on prompt dismissal from schools, but on prompt evacuation of children from their homes. In those cases in which parents will not be at home during the day, children will be sent to unsupervised homes from which they will not be able to evacuate promstly.

4. Parental Intercession - We cannot be confident that parents will wait at home for their children to arrive. Many parents may attempt to retrieve their children at schools, perhaps causing increased confusion and chaos.

5 Panic - An announcement of a nuclear emergency at Shoreham may cause disorientation and panic in children, teachers, non-teaching staff, and parents.

This will further prohibit effective, safe dismissal from schools.

6. helocation - If a Shoreham emergency develops quickly and requires an evacuation of children from schools, this district will not have sufficient buses or drivers to transport all children to their homes in a timely, effective manner.

7 Shelterina - It is suggested that sheltering (remaining indoors) may be the preferred protective action in specific Shoreham emergencies. However, many of this district's schools do not have basements or other structures necessary to provide adequate protection.

8. Truct_in Public Information - East End School administrators receiving, at best, second-hand information, will be forced to decide upon actions with poteni.ially serious consequences without the benefit of information from an objective source.

9 Indemnification - LILco does not provide ir.demnification for school districts should damages, induries, or deaths resulting from school administators decisions during an emergency, decisions which can be made based only upon information and recommendations offered by LILCO. +

tioW, BE IT THHiEF0E I?ESOLVED, that this school board finds it impossible to offer children, school peraonnel, and parents of this school adequate protection in the event of an accident at the Shoreham Duclear Plants and be it further

EESOLVED, that this school board cannot direct its schools ,

to iniate or participate in emergency actions  ;

which not only fail to protect childrens' safety, i but place it in further jeopardy: and, be it further  !

RESOLVED, that this school board believes that any power licensing of the Shoreham !;uolear Plant should be ,

forbidden unless or until complete and reasor.able l resolution of these outstandir.g critical emergency i planning problems can be achieved, and, be it further j RESOLVED, that this school board make it known that although we have been excluded from any evacuation plan, we cannot guarantee that our staff will remain here in our East End district which could ultimately lead to panic, resulting in a series of incidents of which we cannot take responsibility.

The above resolutions was passed by St. Andrew's School Board as the majority of school families were in agreement with it.

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