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August 18, 1987 Docket No. 50-293 Mr. Ralph G. Bird Senior Vice President-Nuclear 800 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts 02199
SUBJECT:
FEMA REPORT ON OFFSITE EMERGENCY PLANNING FOR PILGRIM
Dear Mr. Bird:
Enclosed is the Federal Emergency Manageant Agency (FEMA) report titled.
"Self-Initiated Review and Interim Finding for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station," which was transmitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Comission (NRC) by mercrandum dated August 6.1987.
Based on a review of the overall state of offsite emergency preparedness for Pilgrim, FEMA has concluded that Massachu!.etts offsite radiological emergency planning and prepareuness are inadequate to protect the public health and safety in the event of an accident at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station.
This finding by FEMA supersedes FEMA's previous interim finding of adequacy regarding offsite emergency preparedness for Hlgrim.
FEMA has identified six issues during the course of its review:
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Lack of evacuation plans for public and private schools and daycare centers.
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Lack of a reception center for people evacuating to the north.
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Lack of identifiable public shelters for the beach populatten.
4 Inadequate planning for the evacuation of the special needs population.
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Inadequate planning for the evacuation of the transportation dependent j
population.
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Overall lack of progress in planning and apparent diminution in emergency i
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The FEMA report also addressed the seven alleged dificiencies in emergency planning identified in William P. Golden's July 15, 1986 Petition to the NRC.
FEMA found that while these areas of plan weakness were not sufficient to sustain the contentions raised in the Petition, resolution of these weaknesses would enhance the State's ability to protect the pablic.
We view the emergency planning issues identified by FEKA to be a matter of serious coricerT). The determination to restart the Pilgrim plant will involve, in part, consideration of the FEMA identified emergency planning issues. We are aware that you are providing assistance and information to the Corronwealth of Massachusetts pertaining to several of these issues. We request that you respond to us with an action plan and schedule for assisting the : state and local governments in addressing the FEMA identified emergency planning issues for Pilgrim.
Please contact the Project Manager if you have questions.
Sincerely, en at tor Division of Peact rojects - !/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Encl osu re:
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