ML19210E903

Comments on House Testimony Re Difficulty in Evacuation of Large Population Ctrs in Event of Nuclear Accident.Facility Should Be Considered for Shutdown,Due to Proximity to Louisville,Ky

ML19210E903
Person / Time
Site:	Marble Hill
Issue date:	11/06/1979
From:	William Ford SENATE
To:	Hendrie J NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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NUDOCS 7912130171
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Dear Chainran Hendrie:

et In your appearance yesterday before the Fause Energy and Power Subconmittee, you nentioned the possibility of closing certain nuclear plants near population centers because evacu-ation of such areas, in the event of a serious accident, might not be " entirely successful." I am writing to urge that the .

Marble Hill Facility, now under construction at Madison, L Indiana, be included among those plants you will consider shut- -

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Inuisville, the largest netropolitan area in Kentucky, _

is located just 30 miles frcm Madison. If a nuclear disaster were to occur, the lives of a million people in the city and its vicinity would he jeopardized. 'Iwenty-five percent of the population of my state would be affected. Since even during the nest normal circumstances the roads and highways of Iouis-ville are congested, I can assure you that under conditions of panic, a massive evacuation would be absolutely _unpossible to achieve.

You are all too familiar with the track record of Marble Hill so far. It has been a disaster--a conedy of errors that is not hu: Torous, but tragic. I have no confidence whatsoever that the defects already brought to light involving safety-related con-struction can ever be satisfactorily corrected. Therefore, in line with the reasoning offered yesterday, I strongly reccramend that Marble Hill, with the advantage of being in the early stages of constructicn, be considered as a prime candidate for any closures your agency may undertake.

Sincerely, Mr. Joseph M. Hendrie k AM ]k Chairman Nuclear Regulatory Ccrmission Washington, D.C. 20555 1549 351 OfSTRICT OFFICES:

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