PNO-II-86-038, Chatham County,Nc Commission Voted to Withdraw from Emergency Planning During 860527 Meeting,Per Coalition for Alternatives to Shearon Harris Proposal.Plant May Be Converted to non-nuclear Fueled Station

PNO-II-86-038:Chatham County,Nc Commission Voted to Withdraw from Emergency Planning During 860527 Meeting,Per Coalition for Alternatives to Shearon Harris Proposal.Plant May Be Converted to non-nuclear Fueled Station

ML20198S183
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	05/29/1986
From:	Gilliland J, Woodruff R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
References
PNO-II-86-038, PNO-II-86-38, NUDOCS 8606100352
Download: ML20198S183 (2)

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May 29, 1986 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE PNO-II 86-38 This preliminary notificatiok constitutes EARLY notice of events of P'0SSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information is as initially received without verifi-cation cr evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region II staff on this dato. <

FACILITY: Carolina Power & Light Company Licensee Emergency Classification:

Shearon Harris Unit 1 Notification of Unusual Event Docket No. 50-400 Alert Apex, North Carolina Site Area Emergency General Emergency X Not Applicable

SUBJECT:

WITHDRAWAL 0F COUNTY FROM EMERGENCY PLAN The Chatham County (N. C.) Commission has voted unanimously to wfthdraw from emergency planning for the Shearon Harris plant. The action, taken at a meeting on Mai ?.7,' came after the commission last week agreed to consider a resolution to that effect pr'oposed by the Coalition for Alternatives to Shearon Harris (CASH). Chatham County is inside the 10-mile emergency planning zone.

Carolina Power & Light (CP&L) has informed Region II that the State of North Carolina joined the company in expressing opposition to the county's action, Also in response to a CASH request, the Durham (N. C.) City Council earlier had adopted a resolution calling on CP&L to convert the Harris plant to a non-nuclear fuele.1 generating station. Durham is outside the 10-mile : one and is served by Duke Power Co- CASH has .

announced that it will seek similar withdrawals from emergency planning by other counties.

Both CP&L and Region II are continuing to respond to media inquiries concerning the Chatham County action. The presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing Board recently issued a final decision authorizing issuance af an operating licene for the Harris plant, which is 97 ~

percent complete, ,

NRC has advised the Federal Emergency Management Agency. ,

This PN is issued for information only.

Contact:

R. L. Woodruff, 242-5553 Joe T.'Gilliland, 242-63A0 DISTRIBUTION:

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