ML041750374
| ML041750374 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 06/23/2004 |
| From: | Kuo P NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | Mary Johnson Environmental Protection Agency |
| Kuo PT, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1183 | |
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June 23, 2004 Dr. Mark Johnson Senior Regional Representative Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry EPA Region 5 77 West Jackson Blvd.
Room 413, Mail Stop 4J Chicago, IL 60604 Dr. Johnson:
In January 2003, Exelon Generation Company, LLC., submitted applications to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to renew the operating licenses for Dresden Nuclear Station, Units 2 and 3, near the town of Morris in Grundy County, Illinois. NRC conducted an assessment of the environmental impact of an additional 20 years of operation at Dresden and prepared a draft environmental impact statement (Supplement 17 to NUREG-1437). The final statement will be published in July 2004. As part of the review process, NRC conducted public meetings in Morris, IL. During those meetings, Dr. and Mrs. Sauer expressed concerns about the health of the people living around the Dresden plant. They also sent the NRC several letters and made statements at a public meeting related to the update of NUREG-1437, a generic assessment of the environmental impact of license renewal for nuclear power plants.
Copies of all of these letters and public meeting statements are enclosed. Their concerns focus on the health statistics for Grundy County since 1990. They believe these statistics show alarming increases in the rates of infant mortality and juvenile cancer, and they have requested that health studies be conducted in the local area around the Dresden plant. The purpose of this letter is to request that Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry review these statements and the underlying health statistics and respond, as appropriate, directly to Dr. and Mrs. Sauer.
As part of our review of the environmental impact, we discussed these concerns with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the Illinois Department of Public Health. The officials contacted did not believe that the underlying health statistics for Grundy County show excess infant mortalities or juvenile cancers or warrant local health studies. We have enclosed copies all of the letters and information related to health statistics we sent to the Sauers. This information includes the Health and Hazardous Substances Registry Newsletter from the Illinois Department of Public Health dated Fall 2000 and entitled, Pediatric Cancer Incidence and Proximity to Nuclear Facilities in Illinois, and NIH Publication No.90-874, Cancer in Populations Living Near Nuclear Facilities. We have not enclosed the NIH Publication; it is several inches thick and is available free online from U. S. Department of Health and Human Services website. We have also not enclosed all the reports by Exelon and the NRC related to radiological effluents, environmental radiological monitoring, and inspections that we sent to the Sauers. If you need those reports to conduct your assessment, we will provide them to you.
They are all publically available, and they show that radiological effluents released from Dresden have been within NRC limits.
M. Johnson If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact Richard L. Emch, Jr., Senior Project Manager, at (301) 415-1590 or rle@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Nuclear Regulatory Commission Docket Nos.: 50-237 and 50-249
Enclosures:
Excerpts from transcript, dated 07/10/2003 NRC public meeting in Oak Lawn, IL Excerpts from transcript, dated 01/14/2004 NRC public meeting in Morris, IL Letter from C. Sauer to President Bush, dated 02/04/04 (referred to NRC on 02/24/04)
Letter from Dr. Sauer, dated 04/18/2004 to NRC Letter from C. Sauer, dated 04/19/2004 to NRC Letter from Dr. Sauer, dated 05/20/2004 to NRC Letter from C. Sauer, dated 05/21/2004 to NRC Letter to C. Sauer, dated 04/01/2004 from NRC Letter to C. Sauer, dated 04/16/2004 from NRC Letter to Dr. and C. Sauer, dated 06/09/2004 from NRC Health and Hazardous Substances Registry Newsletter from the Illinois Department of Public Health dated Fall 2000 (publically available at www.idph.state.il.us//about/epi/pdf/article.pdf )
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M. Johnson If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact Richard L. Emch, Jr., Senior Project Manager, at (301) 415-1590 or rle@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Nuclear Regulatory Commission Docket Nos.: 50-237 and 50-249
Enclosures:
Excerpts from transcript, dated 07/10/2003 NRC public meeting in Oak Lawn, IL (ML032260318)
Excerpts from transcript, dated 01/14/2004 NRC public meeting in Morris, IL (ML040790096)
Letter from C. Sauer to President Bush, dated 02/04/04 (referred to NRC on 02/24/04)
Letter from Dr. Sauer, dated 04/18/2004 to NRC (ML041130477)
Letter from C. Sauer, dated 04/19/2004 to NRC (ML041130477)
Letter from Dr. Sauer, dated 05/20/2004 to NRC (ML041490037)
Letter from C. Sauer, dated 05/21/2004 to NRC (ML041470167)
Letter to C. Sauer, dated 04/01/2004 from NRC (ML040930237)
Letter to C. Sauer, dated 04/16/2004 from NRC (ML040990334)
Letter to Dr. and C. Sauer, dated 06/09/2004 from NRC (ML041560573)
Health and Hazardous Substances Registry Newsletter from the Illinois Department of Public Health dated Fall 2000 (publically available at www.idph.state.il.us//about/epi/pdf/article.pdf )
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Site Vice President - Dresden Nuclear Power Station Vice President Exelon Generation Company, LLC Mid-West Regional Operating Group 6500 N. Dresden Road Exelon Generation Company, LLC Morris, IL 60450-9765 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Dresden Nuclear Power Station Plant Manager Exelon Generation Company, LLC Senior Vice President 6500 N. Dresden Road Mid-West Regional Operating Group Morris, IL 60450-9765 Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Regulatory Assurance Manager - Dresden Warrenville, IL 60555 Exelon Generation Company, LLC 6500 N. Dresden Road Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Morris, IL 60450-9765 Affairs Exelon Generation Company, LLC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 4300 Winfield Road Dresden Resident Inspectors Office Warrenville, IL 60555 6500 N. Dresden Road Morris, IL 60450-9766 Director - Licensing Mid-West Regional Operating Group Chairman Exelon Generation Company, LLC Grundy County Board 4300 Winfield Road Administration Building Warrenville, IL 60555 1320 Union Street Morris, IL 60450 Senior Counsel, Nuclear Mid-West Regional Operating Group Regional Administrator Exelon Generation Company, LLC U.S. NRC, Region III 4300 Winfield Road 801 Warrenville Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Manager Licensing - Dresden and Illinois Emergency Management Agency Quad Cities Bureau of Nuclear Facility Safety Exelon Generation Company, LLC 1035 Outer Park Drive 4300 Winfield Road Springfield, IL 62704 Warrenville, IL 60555 Document Control Desk-Licensing Mr. John L. Skolds, President Exelon Generation Company, LLC Exelon Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Exelon Generation Company, LLC Warrenville, IL 60555 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555 Senior Vice President, Nuclear Services Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555
Ms. Jolene Franciskovich Director Coal City Public Library District 85 North Garfield Street Coal City, IL 60416 Ms. Deborah Steffes Reference Manager Morris Area Public Library 604 West Liberty Street Morris, IL 60450 William D. Maher License Renewal Environmental Lead Exelon Nuclear 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348 Frederick W. Polaski License Renewal Manager Exelon Nuclear 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348 Albert A. Fulvio Exelon Nuclear 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, PA 19348 Ms. Cynthia Sauer 4730 East Minooka Road Minooka, IL 60447