In Brief : NRC OKs N.H. A-Plant Safety Plan
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission panel has conditionally approved the New Hampshire part of the emergency plan for the Seabrook nuclear power plant, saying it does not believe area teachers’ claims that they would abandon their pupils in an atomic emergency.
In a 290-page decision dated Friday and released today, a panel of three administrative law judges said there is “reasonable assurance that adequate protective measures can and will be taken within the New Hampshire portion” of a 10-mile evacuation zone around the plant.
Part of the zone lies in Massachusetts, which has to cooperate in the planning for an evacuation.
The plant’s operator, Public Service Co. of New Hampshire, has submitted a plan for Massachusetts communities, but the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board panel of law judges has yet to hold a hearing on it.
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