ML20112E212
| ML20112E212 | |
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| Site: | Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png |
| Issue date: | 03/28/1983 |
| From: | Deyoung R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | Opinante A AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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| FOIA-84-250 NUDOCS 8501150059 | |
| Download: ML20112E212 (2) | |
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Mr. Avril Opinante 11 Bogel Road Bayport, New York 11705
Dear Mr. Opinante:
Your letter of February 28, 1983 to Chairman Palladino, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has been referred to me for response.
I appreciate you Plant, a concern that I believe is reflected in the actions taken by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over the past few years, including the regulatory requirement for more stringent emergency preparedness provisions.
One of the key provisions of NRC's regulations on emergency preparedness is that the nuclear plant operator must declare the emergency and alert offsite authorities to notify the public on the basis of plant conditions before there is a release of radioactivity from the plant.
The purpose of this provision is to insure there is time available to take protective actions.
In addition, there is a requirement for an early notification system to alert people within a 10 mile Emergency Planning Zone around the reactor.
For Shoreham, the Long Island Lighting Company has installed 89 sirens in the 10 mile zone.
The pur-pose of sounding the sirens is simply to alert people to shelter themselves in their homes and listen to Station WALrs, Patchogue, for further instructions.
Suffolk County transportation officials had worked with the Long Island Lighting Company and its consultants to develop a 10 mile emergency and evacuation plan. Suffolk County has recently developed an emergency plan that extends to 20 miles from Shoreham.
NRC does not consider planning to 20 miles to be necessary, although we have no objection if local authori!4s elect to expud local funds for such planning. The issue of emergency planning will be fully aired in the public hearings for the licensing of Shoreham that are presently taking place in the Court House in Hauppoge.
A license will not be issued unless the evidence shows that the health and safety of the public will be protected.
The NRC has long recognized that radioactive wastes require special attention to regulate its storage, packaging, transportation, and ultimate disposal.
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Mr. Opinante Certain wastes which are produced as a result of reactor operation are stored on-site and others are regularly transported to commercial disposal facilities.
Disposal is made in accordance with NRC regulations to assure public health and safety.
With regard to your comment on disposal of nuclear wastes at sea, current regulations prohibit the disposal of wastes at sea unless it is shown that sea disposal offers less harm to man or the environment than other practical alternative methods of disposal.
I hope this letter answers your concerns.
If you have further questions, do not hestitate to write to me directly.
Sincerely,
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