ML20236H869

Expresses Concerns for Safety of Children Attending Duxbury Public Schools in Event of Serious Nuclear Accident at Plant.Concise & Workable Evacuation Plan Requested Before Plant Reopened.Reduction in 10-mile EPZ Opposed

ML20236H869
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Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	05/01/1987
From:	Chin B, Kaufman M DUXBURY COUNCIL OF PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS, DUXBU
To:	Chilk S NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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DUXBURY COUNCIL OF PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS

.May 1, 1987 Mr. Samuel Chilk Secretary, NRC 1717.H Street NW Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

1 As Legislative Aide for the Duxbury PTA Council, I have been instructed

'by our president, Becky Chin, to share our concerns with you regarding the safety of the 3,017 children attending the Duxbury Public Schools, in the event of a serious nuclear accident at the Pilgrim I Nuclear Power Plant in Plymo.th, u MA. As you are aware, Duxbury is within the 10 mile radius of the Plymouth Nuclear Power Plant. Before the Piirim Plant can be re-opened, we as parents and concerned citizens want to be assured of a concise and workable evacuation plan for our children, while they are under the supervision of the Duxbury Public School System. We feel that in the best interest of our children, we should be kept abreast of the future of the Plymouth Pilgrim I Nuclear Power Plant and the plans for the evacuation of our children, in the event of any unforeseen disaster at this plant.

We want also to voice our concerns in regards to the proposed legislation to reduce the 10 mile radius around Nuclear Power Plants to just 1 mile.

! We feel that is would be a mistake and an injustice to the citizens within the 10 mile radius of a Nuclear Power Plant to throw caution to the wind and ignore their safety. It is ludicrous to deal with a difficult problem, f

such as the evacuation of people in the' event of a nuclear accident, by l- simply changing the rules so as to skirt the problem. We hope that our ,

legislators are more responsible than that. We further hope that the  !

disaster at Chenobyl will serve as a learning experience, not as a sign  !

of things to come.

We wish to further state our hope that all levels of government and local citizen groups will work together to develop a real workable evacuation plan, no: matter what the radius of the evacuation area. The evacuation plan written by the state in 1982, while addressing some issues left others l unanswered and still others not even considered. The Nuclear Energy l Questions & Answers pamphlet put out by the Massachusetts Department of ,

Public Health, states that "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission further I requires that the plant's emergency plan be reviewed each year" and also states that "No operating license for anuclear power reactor will be issued unless a finding is made by the NRC that the state of on site and off site I

emergency preparedness provides reasonable assurances that adequate l protective measures can and will be taken in the event of a radiological j emergency'.' I am here to advise you that in the 5 years since the evacuation I plan was first submitted there has been no review of the plan, especially at 8711050009 871102 PDR ADOCK 05000293 F PDR

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.the loca1 1evel. The official state evacuation plan has been filed each year untouched, despite the many changes which have taken place in the towns which this evacuation plan effects. Changes which make the plan inoperable. The Duxbury School Depatment and the Duxbury PTA Council have both rejected these plans due to the inadequateness of the plan. With a , history like this you can understand, our concern for the future (ell fair 'of our children in the event of a Nuclear disaster at the Pilgrim i'Tii71%uth, Massachusetts,

'especially during the times our children are under the schools guidance.

l We sincerely hope that the re-opening of Pilgrim I in Plymouth, MA will be carefully reviewed ~and the the safety of the people and their children in the surrounding towns will be of the utmost concern. We also hope you will find adequate.means to carry out the rules and regulations you so laboriously le81 slated. Should the safety of the citizens within the 10 mile radius of' Pilgrim I be in any way uncertain, we trust that nothing nor no one

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would allow the re-opening of the Pilgrim 1 Nuclear Power Plant.

I Please keep us advised of the further developments concerning the evacuation f plans for the towns surrounding Pilgrim I, the decision regarding the radius i for evacuation around Nuclear Power Plants and the re-openin8 of said Nuclear Power Plant.

Very truly yours, hc. Q Becky Chin Duxbury PTA Council President v( LL "M '(I - )OR u.to-t Mary St.'A. Kaufman Duxbury PTA Council Legislative Aidea 14 Cedar Street Duxbury, MA 02332 cc Sam Chilk, NRC Edward Thomas, FEMA Sen. Edward Kennedy Sen. John Kerry Sen William Golden Congressman Gerald Studds Governor Dukakis Robert Boulay, Dir. MA Civil Defense Charles Barry, Secretary of Public Safety j Carl O'Neill, Duxbury Civil Defense ,

Selectmen's Office, Duxbury )

National PTA, President

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