ML18004A520

Opposes Util Request for Waiver of full-scale Evacuation Drill Before Obtaining Ol.Nrc Should Insist That Required Emergency Exercise Drill Be Held on School Day to Enable Affected Parties to Plan Contingencies

ML18004A520
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	09/18/1986
From:	Dierickx M WAKE COUNTY, NC
To:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
NUDOCS 8609250312
Download: ML18004A520 (6)

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'SYSTEN (R IDS)ACCESSION NBR: 8609250312 DOC.DATE: 86/OV/18 NOTARIZED:

NO DOCKET¹FACIL: 50-400 Sheav on Harris Nuclear Power Planti Unit i.Carolina 05000400 AUTH.NAI'tE AUTHOR AFFILIATION DIERICNX>I'>.B.Wal,'e County~NC REC IP NAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION DENTON>H.R.Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulationi Directov (post 851125

SUBJECT:

Expresses opposition to plant v equest fov waiver of full-scale evacuation dv'ill before obtaining OL 5 uv'ges insistence that v equiv ed dri l 1 be held on school day.Requests that annual drill be requiv ed eav lg in school gear.DISTRIBUTION CODE: YEOSD COPIES RECEIVED;LTR I ENCL Q SIZE: TITLE: Request fov NRR Action (e.g.2.206 Petitions)

Pc-Related Cov'v'espondenc NOTES:Application fov pevmit renewal filed.05000400 REClPIENT ID CODE/NANE PWR-A PD2 LA BUCNLEY.B 01 INTERNAL: EDO/ACB 04 COPIES LTTR ENCL RECIPIENT ID CODE/NANE PWR-A PD2 PD ELD/HD$1 NRR DIR COPIES LTTR ENCL EXTERNAL LPDR NSIC 03 05 NRC PDR TOTAL NUNBER OF COPIES REQUIRED: LTTR 11 ENCL J r l E I f E'e II I j l II II WAKE COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF CLASSROOM TEACHERS 709 W.Johnson Street Raleigh, N.C.27603 Phone: 821-3128 September 18, 1986 M.B.Dierickx President Mr.Harold Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1717 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20555

Dear Mr.Denton:

Re: Carolina Power and Light Company Shearon Harris Plant Request for Waiver of Evacuation Drill It has been reported in local papers that Carolina Power and Light Company has requested a waiver from being required to hold a full-scale evacuation drill before obtaining an operating license for its Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant.I am writing to express my opposition to such a waiver.There are a number oX schools within the evacuation area.The only drill which has been conducted was held on a weekend.The evacuation plan calls for removing children from area schools by bus.These buses must come from other areas of the county and many are driven by students who attend school elsewhere.(I don't know what plans have been made to contact adult drivers who are not normally on duty except before and after the school day.)Students from evacuated schools are then to be transported to"receiving" schools.Students who attend the receiving schools are to be sent home to make room for the evacuees.Some of the receiving schools are'"magnet" schools which are attended by students whose residence is closer to the power plant than their school.(i.e.The evacuation plan calls for transporting some students toward the evacuation area".)In all of this, teachers (many of whom have children of their own who will be affected by the evacuation) are expected to supervise students.Sb09250312,8b09'i8 PDR'DOCK 05000400 H-~PDR tp9 L r L J~~~H~~

Mr..Dencon page 2 September 18, 1986 IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT AN EVACUATION EXERCISE BE CONDUCTED IN AS REALISTIC A'MANNER AS POSSIBLE.THIS WILL ENABLE ALL PARTIES WHO MAY BE AFFECTED (STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS)TO KNOW WHAT CONTINGENCIES MUST BE PLANNED FOR.I URGE YOU TO INSIST THAT THE RE UIRED DRILL BE HELD AND THAT IT BE HELD ON A SCHOOL DAY!Furthermore, just as monthly fire drills are held regularly to allow students to practice appropriate actions in case of emergency, it should be required that there be at least an annual drill (held early in the school year)to prepare students for a possible nuclear emergency.

Your attention to the welfare of the students and employees of our schools will be greatly appreciated.

Please let me hear'rom you on this matter.Sincerely, IM M.B.Dierickx President cc: N.C.Attorney General, Mr.Lacy Thornburg Mr.Lando W.Zech, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Members of the Wake County Board of Education Dr.Bob Bridges, Superintendent, Wake County Public School System

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