ML20141G974

Responds to Re Consideration of Earthquakes in Context of Emergency Preparedness.Encl Telex Will Be Sent to Japan,Sweden,Italy,France,South Korea & Germany

ML20141G974
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Issue date:	03/21/1985
From:	Lafleur J NRC OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (OIP)
To:	Fraley R Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
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JDLafleur HJFaulkner H8Schechter File-1 ESzent-Ivany EMORANDUM FOR: Raymond F. Fraley. Executive Director OMerrill. ACRS Advisory Committee on Reactor safeguards FRON:

Joseph D. Lafleur. Jr.. Deputy Director Office of International Programs

SUBJECT:

CONSIDERATION OF EARTHQUAKES IN THE CONTEXT OF EERGENCY PREPAREDNESS i

This responds to your February 26,1985 memo to Mr. Shea on the above subject.

requesting information on studies and approaches by other advanced nuclear countries regarding taking earthquakes into consideration in the centext of nuclear emergency planning.

As endicated to you over the phone on March 18 by Hans Schechter. IP. we have check 4,d several sources for information but have failed to turn up anything pertinent so far. The checks included querying D0E's Energy Data tank at Oak Ridge. Tennessee, and NRC's computerized data bank at NIN. as well as discussions with MRC staff involved in emergency planning, and staff mas 6ers at Batte11e's Pacific Northwest Laboratories who are tracking nuclear emergency efforts worldwide. White several peop44 have speculated that Japan must surely have taken earthquakes into account in their emergency planning work, no one has seen any specific references on the subject for any country.

To obtain more definitive information on the subject, we have drafted the attached telex which we are sending to our Arran m t coordinators in Japan, the FRG 5 basis, b. Korea. France. Sweden, and Italy askong them. on an expedited information on the subject.

We shall keep you informed of any replies as soon as they are received.

Joseph G. Lafleur. Jr.

Deputy Director Office of International Programs

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CONSIDERATION OF EARTHQUAKES IN THE CONTEXT OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS This responds to your February 26, 1985 memo to Mr. Shea on the above subject, requesting information on studies and approaches by other advanced nuclear -

countries regarding taking earthquakes into consideration in the context of nuclear emergency planning.

As indicated to you over the phone on March 18 by Hans Schechter, IP, we have checked several sources for information but have failed to turn up anything pertinent so far. The checks included querying DOE's Energy Data Bank at Oak Ridge. Tennessee, and NRC's computerized data bank at NIH, as well as discussions with NRC staff involved in emergency planning, and staff members at Battelle's Pacific Northwest Laboratories who are tracking nuclear emergency efforts worldwide. While several people have speculated that Japan must surely have taken earthquakes into account in their emergency planning work, no one has seen any specific references on the subject for any country.

To obtain.more definitive information on the subject, we have drafted the attached telex which we are sending to our Arrangement coordinators in Japan, the FRG, S. Korea. France, Sweden, and Italy asking them, on an expedited basis, for information on the subject.

We shall keep you infonned of any replies as soon as they are received.

Josep

. Lafleur Jr.

Deput Director Offic of International Programs

Attachment:

Outgoing Telex

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