ML20212G971

Comment on Proposed Rule 10CFR50 Re Consideration of Ki in Emergency Plans

ML20212G971
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	09/12/1999
From:	Harvey J AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY)
References
FRN-64FR31737, RULE-PR-50 64FR31737-00071, NUDOCS 9909300173
Download: ML20212G971 (1)

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September 12, 1999 ADub Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Washington, D.C. 20555 Re: Comment PRM-50-63A Con;ideration of Potassium Iodide in Emergency Plans, Proposed Rule

Dear Madame Secretary,

Since Sag Harbor is less than 20 miles hm the Millstone Nuclear Plant in Wa:erford, Conn., and since the NRC has refused to extend the 10 mile emergency zone to include Long Island emergency planning is of extreme interest to the residents of the East End.

I want to urge that the emergency planning regulaticn be amended to REQUIRE the availability of potassium iodide (KI) for the public in the event of nuclear accidents. The regulation as it is new worded... " the proposed rule would require that CONSIDERATION shall be given to include potassium iodide.." has no teeth and must be changed.

The. nucicar' industry should bear the cost; government agencies should have the responsibility of feeing th'it potentially effe:ted communities have local stockpiles of potassium

' iodide. NRC's ihnounced. plan for regional stockpiling should be antended; local stockpiling is necessary to make the distribution of KI possible in an emergency; KI is not effective afw six t

"' hours it must'be stockpiled in schools, hospitals, fire, police and other municipal centers.

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There is no reason why the NRC should not make these changes. Yoer mission is to protect the public's- health and' safety. Picase consider the people of Long Island who are not protected and who cannot, given our topography and highway system, evacuate in the case of

. an accident at Millstone.

Sincerely yours, ,

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