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NRC Transcript: Evacuation zone “would possibly have to get beyond 50 miles”

Published: February 22nd, 2012 at 12:59 pm ET
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Title: U.S. worried about Fukushima meltdown early on: commission transcript
Source: Kyodo
Date: Feb 22, 2012

[...] On the evacuation zone for U.S. citizens in Japan, NRC officials were discussing as early as March 12 whether a 50-mile evacuation zone for U.S. citizens would be appropriate.

On March 16, when asked about the impact on Tokyo if the wind kept blowing in its direction, Jaczko said, “At this point, I think I would still go with the 50 miles right now is what we see as the actual direct evacuation. But it is uncertain and it would possibly have to get beyond 50 miles. I don’t know that we’ve run a model out yet to Tokyo.”

Similarly, Bill Borchardt, NRC’s executive director for operations, also said, “If this happened in the U.S., we would go out to 50 miles. That would be our evacuation recommendation.” [...]

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Published: February 22nd, 2012 at 12:59 pm ET
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