PRINTER'S NO. 3112
No. 209 Session of 1980
INTRODUCED BY J. L. WRIGHT, JR., MANMILLER, PICCOLA, YAHNER,
STUBAN, COHEN, KLINGAMAN, McKELVEY, RAPPAPORT, REED,
A. C. FOSTER, JR., BARBER, FREIND AND MOEHLMANN,
MARCH 18, 1980
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MARCH 18, 1980
In the House of Representatives, March 18, 1980
1 WHEREAS, The House Select Committee - TMI learned that there
2 existed at the time of the TMI incident, and immediately
3 thereafter, several logistic, transportation and evacuation
4 problems which the committee believes would not have existed had
5 the plant been located away from a densely populated area; and
6 WHEREAS, The committee agrees with the President's Commission
7 on the Accident at Three Mile Island, that one of the most
8 serious effects of the TMI incident was the physiological effect
9 on the health of the residents in the area which would have been
10 lessened had the plant not been located in an area of high
11 population density; therefore be it
12 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the
13 Commonwealth, the Department of Environmental Resources, the
14 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and the Nuclear
15 Regulatory Commission to investigate the implementation of a
16 plan of nuclear plant siting which would provide for location of
1 plants in sparsely populated areas of the Commonwealth, such
2 plan to also include siting input by surrounding municipalities
3 within any potential danger area; and be it further
4 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
5 the Governor of the Commonwealth, the Secretary of Environmental
6 Resources, the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission and
7 the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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