ML20216F390
| ML20216F390 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 09/12/1999 |
| From: | Booth S AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| References | |
| FRN-64FR31737, RULE-PR-50, RULE-PRM-50-63A 64FR31737-00063, NUDOCS 9909220014 | |
| Download: ML20216F390 (1) | |
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Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Rulemaking and Adjudications Steff Washington, D.C. 20555 Re: Comment PRM 50-63A Con;ideration of Potassium lodice in Emergency Plans, Proposed Rule Dest Madame Secretary, Since Sag Harbor is less than 20 miles from the Millstone Nuclear Plant in Waterford, 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 regulation be arnended to REQUIRE the availability of potassium iodide (K!) 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 give-a include potassium iodide.." has no teeth and must be changed.
The nuc! car industry should bear the cost; government agencies should have the responsibilhy of socing that potentially effected communities have local stockpiles of potassium
' iodide. NRC's announced. plan for regional stockpiling shoa!d be amended; local stockpiling is necessary to make the distribution of KI possible in an emergency; KI is not effective after six
' hours it must be stockpiled in schools,hospitats,0re, police and other municipt.1 centers.
There is no reason why the NRC should not make these changes. Yoer mission is to prbtect the public's health and safety. Please consider the people of Long Island who are not protected and who cannot, given our topography ar.d highway system, evacuate in the case of an accident at Millstone.
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