ML20128B737
| ML20128B737 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png |
| Issue date: | 05/17/1985 |
| From: | Komanoff H LONG BEACH, NY |
| To: | Asselstine J, Palladino N, Roberts T NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| References | |
| CON-#285-136 OL-3, NUDOCS 8505280045 | |
| Download: ML20128B737 (2) | |
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Gify of Kong peadt NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK 18561 cwgp orrice or ashns HANNAH KOMANOFF COUNTY SUPERVISOR May 17, 198185 NAY 24 A10:54 U.
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20555 BRANCH Commissioners:
Nunzio J.
Palladino, Chairman
="kb EY 2 41"N SFDVr Thomas M.
Roberts James K.
Asselstine Frederick M.
Bernthal Lando W.
Zech, Jr.
Dear Sirs:
As Supervisor of the City of Long Beach and member of the Nassau County Board of Supervisors,I feel a special obligation to communicate my opposition to County Executive Purcell's decision to permit use of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum as a recep-tion center in the event of an emergency at the Shoreham Nuclear Plant.
May I state that I fully believe that Mr. Purcell was mot-b ivated by humanitarian concerns much the same as I would be in a true emergency situation.
I know him to be an honorable and com-passionate man.
l However, I believe the implication of the use of the Col-s iseum are more serious than previously indicated.
In order for Shoreham to receive its license for operation, it was necessary for LILCD to have an evacuation plan which had to include a relocation center.
Suffolk County had refused to offer any of its facilities for this purpose.
LILCO then sought the assist-ance of Nassau County for such a site and received one.
In effect, the offer of the Coliseum as the reception center became, either-wittingly or unwittingly, an integral part of LILCO's evacuation plansthus permitting the possible licensing of Shoreham.
In the event of an emergency, I too, would want to assist and shelter people in need.
However, I would not presu'me to expect that such a humanitarian action,at the time of an emergencyfwould become in advance a crucial part of any evacuation plan or reception center for LILCO to rely upon and to submit,as part of a specific plan to be considered by the NRC for the opening of Shoreham.
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Members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission May 17, 1985 P.2 A decision of this magnitude requires the approval of the Board of Supervisors which is, of course, the' legislative body of the county and the elected representatives of the people of the county.
This decision far exceeds the County Executive's emergency powers.
Since the Board has not agreed to the use of the Coliseum by LILCO, LILCO then does not have the legal right to make any such representation.
I applaud you for calling for additional hearings on amer-gency planning for Shoreham to determine whether the Coliseum can be used as a relocation center.
A matter of such import does require public hearings, so that citizens can learn the facts and advise the NRC and the Board of their concerns, e.g.:
what facilities are available at'the Coliseum for decontam-ination purposes, how would radiated clothing and water used for bathing be
- disposed, what sums of money do LILCO or Nassau County intend to spend to see that contaminated water does not enter the sewer system or the ground water supply, what portion of the Coliseum would be used for decontamination' purposesp 4
7 in what manner and which county personnel would be used in the planning, training and exercise of accident drills 3 how will the health, welfare and safety of Nassau County residents be protected in such an emergency, what effect, if any, will such use of the Coliseum have on its futureuse as a business and recreation enterprise.
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Until such time as these and other questions are addressed and the Board of Supervisors makes a decision on the use of the Col-i iseum as an evacuation center, I must respectfully request that you j
' remove its possible use as a component of the LILCO evacuation plan.
l-I thank you in advance for your consideration of these matters i
so serious to the well-being of my constituents.
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l Very truly yours, 14
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l HKlas HANNAH KOMANOFF 1