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...refusals last autumn by Dukakis and Cuomo to develop evacuation plans for the Seabrook and Shoreham nuclear plants, located in New Hampshire and Long Island respectively, precipitated the NRC proposal, said state officials...
...population around the Seabrook area grows dramatically during the summer, said Akey. The six northeastern Massachusetts communities within the 10-mile federally-mandated evacuation zone are popular summer resort areas. Traffic jams during the summer would prevent people from getting to safety if a nuclear accident were to occur, said Akey, adding that even in the winter, when the population is 50,000, evacuation would be difficult because there are no major access routes in the area...
...After months and months of work, effort, and analysis, I came to one fundamental conclusion: the area around Seabrook could not be evacuated in the event of a serious nuclear accident," Dukakis said in his testimony Tuesday...
...Dukakis and New York Governor Mario Cuomo have managed to block the startup of Shoreham and Seabrook because NRC rules adopted in the wake of the 1979 accident at Three Mile Island, Pa., virtually require state and local cooperation in planning for the evacuation of residents within 10 miles of a reactor in the event of a major accident...
...governors have refused, saying there is no way to guarantee the safe exodus of residents in the cases of Shoreham and Seabrook...