VICTORY!
PLEASE HELP US CHANGE THIS DANGEROUS
OVERSIGHT TO INSURE OUR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WILL NO LONGER BE LEFT WITHOUT
FEDERAL EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLANS.
Unlike ALL public schools,
there are currently no federally mandated radiological emergency evacuation
requirements for any daycare centers or nursery schools located near the nations
103 nuclear power stations.
This means our youngest,
most vulnerable children have been left without any emergency plans in the
event of a nuclear accident or terrorist attack at a nuclear power station.
Three Mile Island Alert,
Inc. has therefore formally petitioned the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) that such rules be put in place. By filing this petition for rulemaking
on September 5, 2002, a legal process was set into motion whereby all parties
interested may comment directly to the NRC on this important public safety
matter.
Without the requirements
we asked the NRC to put in place, preschools throughout the nation will continue
to be left without any:
- Designated relocation
centers
- Designated transportation
- Approved-child-safety
seats
- Rosters of emergency
bus drivers
- Planned educational
materials
- Notification of state
of readiness
- Inclusion in radiological
emergency preparedness exercises, etc.
These deficiencies all
serve to pose dangerous risks to the safety of preschool children.
Until the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission creates new regulations requiring emergency planning
for daycare centers and nursery schools none will ever exist. These oversights
clearly fail to meet FEMA requirements for offsite plans, and preparedness
to adequately protect the public health and safety.
So please help us support
this NRC petition for rulemaking by submitting a comment in support to the
NRC. The NRC public review / comment period ends January 15, 2003.
Read
the full petition and view its status here on the NRC web site
Click
here to download a pre written letter of support for this petition and mail
it to the NRC
Click
here to send a pre written email letter of support for this petition to the
NRC
