ML20235F182
| ML20235F182 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Braidwood  |
| Issue date: | 06/25/1987 |
| From: | Hunsader S COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| To: | Murley T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| 3248K, NUDOCS 8707130256 | |
| Download: ML20235F182 (3) | |
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(._,],) Comm::nwnith Edison f,
One First National Plaza, Chicagillinois
\\v Address Reply to: Post Office Box 76T~
%/ Chicago, Illinois 60690 - 0767 June 25, 1987 Mr. Thomas E. Murley, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555
Subject:
Braidwood Station Units 1 and 2 l
Partial Initial Decision on Emergency Planning Issues NRC Docket No. 50-456 an 50-457 l
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Reference (a): May 13, 1987 Atomic Safety Licensing Board Decision (b): May 18, 1987 SC Hunsader letter to TE Murley
Dear Mr. Murley:
Reference (a) provided the Atomic Safety Licensing Board (ASLB) initial decision on emergency planning issues for Braidwood Station. The decision stipulated changes that need to be made to the Braidwood Station Public Information Booklets (PIB's).
Reference (b) provided Commonwealth Edison's commitment to make those changes prior to distribution of the 1987 I
Braidwood Station PIB's.
Attachment A provides the revised PIB pages with the required changes included. The changes are indicated by revision bars located on the right side of the page. This new wording has been provided to the appropriate State of Illinois Emergency Response officials and has been favorably reviewed. This is being provided for your information.
i Please address any questions concerning this matter to this office.
I Very truly yours,
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S. C Hunsader Nuclear Licensing Administrator j
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//z O DO NOT RUSH. Law enforcement agencies will maintain security in evacuated areas, and will provide traffic i
control.
EVACUATE THE PEOPLE in your home TOGETHER. Since any radioactive release would be invisible and odorless, it is important to FOI.I.0W the DIRECTIONS given on the RADIO.
The recommended evacuation routes will be selected by Emergency Officials based on local road and weather conditions and wind direction. The MAP in the middle of this booklet will also be of help.
O SHELTER YOUR LIVESTOCK. If possible, make pro-visions for feeding and watering them, preferably with stored feed. You will be permitted to return and care for them as soon as it is safe.
9 PLAN FOR TWO DAYS AWAY from home. Lock things up and turn things off as you would for a weekend vacation. Bring essential items such as those on the checklist below.
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i CHECKLIST:
O MEDICAL SUPPLIES (prescriptions, first aid) l O MONEY (cash, credit cards, important documents) l 0 PERSONAL HYGIENE ITEMS (washing, shaving, I
dental, eye care, sanitary)
O CLOTHING O BABY NEEDS (formula, diapers, favorite toy) l O PORTABLE RADIO and batteries O MISCELLANEOUS USEFUL ITEMS: matches, l
flashlight, bags, can opener I
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RADIATION i
l Radiation is energy that can travel through It takes radiation doses of over 20,000 milli-1 the air, such as light, heat, and radio waves. One rem, received within a day, to produce identi-type, nuclear radiation, comes from radio.
fiable effects in the body. Very large radiation active material, which is part of everything in us doses (over 100,000 millirem) rnay be directly and around us. Nuclear radiation, like radio harmful or even deadly if received over a day's waves, is invisible, silent, tasteless, and odor-time, but the same doses stretched over many l
less. Just as a photographer measures light levels years may not. Federal regulations allow work-with a light meter, radiation workers measure ers, at U.S. nuclear facilities to receive up to nuclear radiation with special instruments.
5000 millirem of radiation in ti,e course of a year's work.
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Like many things in our lives, radioactive j
material has the potential to harm people if I
handled carelessly. But decades of experience Radiation levels are constantly monitored i
have shown that the safe application of radio.
both inside and outside each nuclear facility.
l active material, in medicine and industry as well These measurements show that a person living l
as in electricity production, can benefit our for an entire year right at the fence of an average l
- society, nuclear power plant would receive less than 1 l
millirem of radiation, about the same as an i
The amount of radiation dose a person ab.
airline passenger receives flying from Chicago sorbs is measured in millirem. The average to Los Angeles.
Illinois citizen gets from 60 to 120 millirem of radiation each year from the natural environ-ment. This is called natural background radia.
If a nuclear plant accident were ever to occur, tion. In addition, each year the average person teams of specially-trained personnel would be l
receives about 70 millirem from medical and sent to get even more detailed radiation readings dental X-rays and other procedures, and about all around the plant. In most cases, there would 25 millirem from the naturally occurring be no excessive radiation.
If the accident radioactive atoms in his or her own body.
were serious, and could expose members of the public to 1000 millirem or more of radiation, There are no identifiable health effects from state plans call for protection of the public by I
these low levels of radiation, but scientists taking shelter indoors or by evacuation.
believe that any amount of radiation, no matter how small, carries some risk.
The most probable form of radiation that would be j
found beyond the plant boundaries would be contained in a cloud or plume. This Invlstble, otriess cloud would move with the speed and direction of the preveillry wind Movement of this radioactive cloud would dictate the creas for potentiel shelter or eva:uetion recommendations.
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