ML20125A401

Informs of Status of Actions Taken & Progress in Response to Re Facility

ML20125A401
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Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	11/24/1992
From:	Murley T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Gary R PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTE FOR CLEAN AIR
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ML20125A403	List: ML20125A401 ML20125A774 ML20127F836
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Dear Mr. Gary:

I am writing to inform you of the status of. actions taken and in progress in response to your letter of July 10, 1992, on behalf of the Pennsylvania Institute i

i for Clean Air. In your letter, you requested that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) examine certain transportation-related discrepancies you alleged with respect to the Dauphin County (Pennsylvania) Radiological Emergency Response Plan (RERP). The Three_ Mile Island _Nuclettlt_ationu unit 1 located within Dauphin County. You requested pursuant to 10 CFR 272.(THI-1),06 that, once-is 4

the discrepancies are verified by FEMA, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) order GPU Nuclear Corporation to " power down" the THI-l plant and not permit the plant to generate commercial power ur+il. the discrepancies _ are-corrected and until a valid, workable, operational emergency evacuation plan is.

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1 In my letter of August 5,1992, I acknowledged receipt of your petition and informed you that we had requested assistance-from FEMA by letter dated.

July 22, 1992. Enclosed, for your information, is FEMA's initial (interim) response to our request. Representatives cf FEMA-met with_ appropriate personnel from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) and Dauphin County Emergency Management Agency on September 4, 1992, to discuss the concerns raised j in your letter. The outcome of that meeting was as follows:

o Dauphin County had sent out new letters of intent to transportation providers in early August. FEMA reviewed the letters and identified a deficiency regarding the number and capacity of vehicles needed for evacuation. Dauphin County issued amended letters and is awaiting the return of the signed letters.

o The RERP properly identifies all groups.of 3eople requiring transpor- tation l during an emergency. However, FEMA noted tlat there are some discrepancies within the plan regarding the number of buses available for evacuating the i general population. PEMA and Dauphin _ County are correcting these-discrepancies.

. o FEMA noted that both the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and-Dauphin County RERPs include provisions for deploying Pennsylvania National-Guard vehicles and

personnel to Dauphin County in the event' of an emergency, I

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if necessary. FEMA has requested additional information regarding the types and amounts of resources available from the National Guard and tne radiological training provided to the personnel subject to call.

As indicated in the enclosed-report, FEMA requires additional time to review the improvements being made to the Pennsylvania and Dauphin _ County emergency plans and to prepare a final repcrt to document its findings and conclusions, as well as improvements made to emergency planning in this area in response to all the concerns you have raised.

The NRC will, therefare, require additional time to review the FEMA findings, as well as your request to take action with respect to the TMI-l facility. On the basis of present schedules, I anticipate that my decision will be finalized and reported to you during February 1993.

Sincerely, Originni Signed by i/

Frank J. Miraglia Thomas E. Murley, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosure:

-FEMA Interim Report dated October 27, 1992 cc w/ enclosure:

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