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Responds to Re 790328 Accident.No Sabotage Indicated at Tmi.Pregnant Women Advised to Evacuate Area
ML20125B340
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Issue date: 10/18/1979
From: Harold Denton
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To: Fippinger R
AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
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l Question: Do you think there will be an evacuation [at Three Mile Island]?

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Although 'no evacuation was considered necessary,.it was recom-mended that pregnant women and children within five miles of the plant leave the area'for several days.

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Que,,sti on: Could we have a book on nuclear energy?

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The NRC does not publish books or pamphlets which explain nuclear, energy. This infonnation should be available at your local public library.

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Do you.think the ' power plant was sabotaged?

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Our' investigations of the accident have not indicated that sabotage was involved.

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