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! ; p, * @ JOSEPH H HENDRIE, CHAIRMAN US NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON DC 20555
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, -C - Q WE ARE EXTR.EMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE 3 MILE ISLAND REACTOR ACCIDENT FOR 00R DISTRICTS IF THE REACTOR SHOULD e EXPLODE OR MELT DOWN, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND MAY REMAIN A DANGER FOR DAYS @ OR WEEKS TO COME,
E WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE NRC HAS THE CAPACITY TO PROJECT HYPOTHETICAL @ ACCIDENT CONSEQUENCES BY COMPUTER, AND THAT YOU WILL ALREADY BE RUNNING CONSEQUENCE PROGRAMS FOR VARIOUS POSSIBLE QUTCOMES OF THE 3 MILE ISLAND (E ACCIDENT UNDER CURRENT AND PREDICTED WEATHER CONDITIONS, @ WE THEREFORE REQUEST THAT YOU INFORM US GENERALLY WHAT RADIATION - DISPERSION PATTERNS WOULD BE EXPECTED SHOULD A) AN EXPLOSION B) A MELT @- DOWN, OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS, AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE RISKS
" TO NEW YORK CITY, IF ANY, WOULD BE, AND THAT YOUR OFFICE BE PREPARED TO UPDATE THIS INFORMATION SHOULD THE CRISIS CONTINUE, OR UNTIL THE G REACTOR IS CONFIRMED TO BE IN A COLD SHUT DOWN STATE,
PLEASE RESPOND DIRECTLY TO THE WASHINGTON OFFICES OF (ITHER CONGRESSMAN Gi WEISS OR CONGRESSHAN RANGEL. @ .. . t5! CONGRESSMAN CHARLES B RANGEL e \ CONGRESSHAN TED WEISS i.:i si STATE SENATOR,MANFRED OHRENSTEIN STATE S.ENATOR' FRANZ LEICHTER STATE SENATOR CARL MCCALL M ASSEMBLYMAN JERROLD NADLER L: ASSEMBLYMAN EDWARD SULLIVAN
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4 - $$kw =a ' liIE= The Honorable Ted Weiss United States House of Representatives !ii'";L Washington, D.C. 20515 - -
Dear Congressman Weiss: -e Thank you for your letter dated April 2,1979 regarding IE *" " - - the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. .
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with the many activities required to assure that the Three st!- ~ ~ = Mile Island Unit 2 is brought to a safe shutdown. Because . ' === . . of this, we are unable to answar your specific questions at this time. We will provide a complete response to your - inquiry as soon as we are able. , ] "" In the meantime, I am enclosing for your information copies of HRC press . releases and preliminary notifications, which have been issued to date. We will continue to provide you ' with updated information. == rn , . p . '~ Sincerely. -
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' E ,, The Honorable Charles Rangel ~ United ~ States House of Representatives n= Washington, D.C. 20515 , su
Dear Congressman Rangel:
Thank you for your letter dated April 2,1979 regarding , s f the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. :==8 ! . .At present.the Commission and NRC Staff are still occup.ied ' with the many activities required to assure that the Three - Mile Island Unit 2 is brought to a safe shutdown. Because ; ~ of this, we are unable to answer your specific questions i= ? We will provide a complete response to your - at this time. b. .. . .- - - . ! inquiry as soon as we are able. EG ! ~~ ! In the meantjme, I am enclosing for your information copies . ] of HRC press releases and preliminary notifications, which s% ? ' have been issued to date. We will continue to provide you with updated information. , .; . Sincerely, , / E
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