ML19290C159

Submits Petition Objecting to CP Extension.Alleges Failure to Meet NRC Criteria Re Population Density

ML19290C159
Person / Time
Site:	Bailly
Issue date:	12/29/1979
From:	Laudig S LAUDIG, S.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY)
References
NUDOCS 8001100175
Download: ML19290C159 (2)

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Secretary of Nuclear Regulatory {  %. I Commission ^[e 4 Attn: Docketing & Service Station Washington, D. C. 20555 D a >

RE: Extension of Con-struction Permit No. CPPR-104

Dear Secretary:

I address this petition to you as a member of the public and as a person who lives "down wind" from the proposed site at Bailly.

Since I live " downwind" from where the Bailly plant is planned to be, I would be the likely recipient of escaped radiation. Since I live in the same state as Bailly, I will be. taxed to pay for governmental planning of evacuation (i.e. escape).

Since I live in the same nation, the $1ce-Anderson Act makes me an insurer, since I am a citizen and tax-payer, of any accident at Bailly or the costs of any evacuation.

Since I live on the same planet as Bailly, my physical and mental well-being is inescapably linked to radiation inj ected into the biosphere.

I believe the above adequately states "ry interest" in your prceeding and how "my interests" may be affected by the results.

Have you ever visited the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City,- Indiana?

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If you have, how woul/. you plan and imp f*em e n t the evacuation (i.e.

escape) of the prisoners?

If you have not, then you should make no decision about extend-ing the construction permit of Bailly until you have.

Have you visited the nursing homes in the area?

Have you ever driven on I I-94 during the morning or evening rush hours?

If you have, how would you increase safely the r. umber of vehicles travelling on it? If you have not, you should make no decision about extending the construction permit until you have.

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2 Sec'y Nuclear Regulatory Commission .

December 29, 1979 Bailly fails to meet even the NRC's criteria for the required siting with respect to population density. Although you may consider -

it redundant, I will recite the information.

According to the NRC, population density within five miles of a nuclear site should not exceed 100 persons per square mile. Bailly has a population density of 408 persons per square mile.

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Substantive safety requirements should, under no circumstances, be waived. [

Population density should not be more than 100 persons per square mile between five and ten miles of the site. Bailly's is 329.

There is no substitute for strict adherence to safety require-ments particularly in the n u c l'e'a r area because, historically, the requirements have been too lax.

Between ten and twenty miles from the nuclear site, the popula-tion density should not l3 more than 400 persons per square mile. The -

figure for Bailly is 505.

Perhaps under the old guide lines, Bailly might qualify but not under the new ones.

You should not " grandfather" in danger to the children.

In the hopes that you will not extend the construction permit and end this dangerous folly, I remain, Sincerelyj yours, I e0 -

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Steph<n Laudig cc: U.S.N.R.C.

Attn: Executive Legal Director Washington, D. C. 20555 Mr. William Eichorn, Esq.

5243 Hohman Avenue Hammond, Indiana 46320 Bailly Alliance P. O. Box 847 Chesterton, Indiana 46304 1726 333