Word: nrc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Current NRC rules virtually preclude licensing a nuclear plant unless state and local officials cooperate in emergency planning for residents within a 10-mile radius. The proposed change would allow the commission to approve evacuation plans drawn up solely by the utilities, if local officials balk...
...issue has produced heated debate in Congress and an unprecedented flood of public and industry arguments to the NRC itself...
...story began when New York Gov. Mario Cuomo and Gov. Michael S. Dukakis both refused to submit evacuation plans to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for nuclear power plants in their states. Under existing law, no plant can be cleared for operation by the NRC unless an evacuation plan has been submitted. The governors both said that they could not in good conscience present a plan because they did not believe their citizens would be safe in an accident...
...NRC promptly decided to change its laws to enable these paints to go into use despite the refusal of the governors to present safety plans. The Markey Amendment essentially sought to prevent the NRC from relaxing these standards...
Clearly, the action by the Governors marked a stand against nuclear energy. They knew that by refusing to offer the evacuation plans they were playing trump cards which would prevent the NRC from licensing the plants. Markey, as a strenuous opponent of nuclear energy, sponsored the amendment because he saw the potential in the Dukakis and Cuomo actions to prevent unclear plants from being licensed forever...