What Are the Evacuation Standards for School Kids? What Was TMIA’s Proposal?
As noted below, all “general populations” must be moved 10 miles from a nuclear power plant during an evacuation.
The "minimum" mandated relocation distance for the general population is 5 miles past the 10 mile plume exposure boundary. (15 miles from the reactor)
The NRC recommends the general population be located 10 miles past the 10 mile plume exposure boundary. (20 miles from the reactor)
However, host school pick up centers for kids only need to be 10 miles and 1 inch from the reactor. Please note the proximity of host school centers for kids. TMI is the only community to evacuate an accident .
TMI-Alert's solution to the problem of proximity was for host school pickup centers to be located a minimum distances of at least five miles and preferably 10 miles beyond the plume exposure boundary zone
“The requirements that the NRC upheld allow host school pickup centers to be just outside of the 10 mile radiation plume exposure boundary zone, and fail to adequately protect kids." He added, "Why does the NRC insist on keeping children within a zone of exposure during a radiological emergency?
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