PETITION FOR RULEMAKING TO IMPROVE EMERGENCY PLANNING REGULATIONS in the case of a nuclear power plant accident.
On Feb, 15, 2012 Nuclear Information Resource Services, Blue Ridge
Environmental Defense League and other environmental groups filed a
Petition with the NRC to amend 1-CFR 50.47 which currently only allows for a 10 miles radius radiation plum exposure pathway in case of an accident and 50 mile radius for an ingestion pathway zone. Their conclusion of the petition is below and would include Asheville as a “ingestion pathway zone”.
Petition with the NRC to amend 1-CFR 50.47 which currently only allows for a 10 miles radius radiation plum exposure pathway in case of an accident and 50 mile radius for an ingestion pathway zone. Their conclusion of the petition is below and would include Asheville as a “ingestion pathway zone”.
“The Petitioners believe that amending 10 CFR 50.47 to expand the
Plume Exposure Pathway to about 25 mile radius of a reactor site, create
a new Emergency Response Zone
of about 50 miles, and expanding the ingestion pathway zone to about 100 miles would more likely provide adequate protection to the public than current regulations, which
do not provide adequate protection. Events that the NRC believed 30 years ago were nearly impossible to occur have in fact occurred and, in the case of Fukushima, continue
to occur. Waiting to see how bad an emergency gets before expanding evacuation beyond a planned radius is not a plan of action, it is a recipe for disaster and an abdication of responsibility. Action to expand Emergency Planning Zones and improve emergency response capability must be taken now in light of real-world evidence and the demonstrated history of the widespread damage nuclear accidents cause.”
information link: www.nirs.com
of about 50 miles, and expanding the ingestion pathway zone to about 100 miles would more likely provide adequate protection to the public than current regulations, which
do not provide adequate protection. Events that the NRC believed 30 years ago were nearly impossible to occur have in fact occurred and, in the case of Fukushima, continue
to occur. Waiting to see how bad an emergency gets before expanding evacuation beyond a planned radius is not a plan of action, it is a recipe for disaster and an abdication of responsibility. Action to expand Emergency Planning Zones and improve emergency response capability must be taken now in light of real-world evidence and the demonstrated history of the widespread damage nuclear accidents cause.”
information link: www.nirs.com
Safe Carolinas recognizes the need for this petition and while we
support the amendment we want our readers to be aware that the radiation
fallout from a nuclear power plant accident goes far beyond what any
agency can predict. Radiant from the Chernobyl accident in Ukraine and
Japan went all over the world.
The following link allows you to enter your zipcode to see how a nuclear accident and radiation fallout could affect you. Keep in mind, the wind does change direction.
http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/fallout/
The following link allows you to enter your zipcode to see how a nuclear accident and radiation fallout could affect you. Keep in mind, the wind does change direction.
http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/fallout/
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