ML16340B219
| ML16340B219 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 10/24/1980 |
| From: | Miraglia F Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Martin B AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8011060039 | |
| Download: ML16340B219 (12) | |
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OCT 24 1980 yr. Bill f~artfn 5'f<
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Dear fIr. f/artfn:
Your June 1980 letter to President Carter, regarding the Diablo Canyon nuclear
- plant, has been referred to the NRC for reply. I am pleased to make this reply-You expressed concern aver the effects of lao~ leve1 radiation and the emergency preparedness and evacuation of the area surrounding Diablo Canyon in vfevI of the accident at Three fffle Island last year.
Our responses to the concerns mentioned above are contained in Enclosures 1 and 2 to this letter.
fffth respect to the plant's physica'f security plan, this matter is presently before an Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board.
The hearings are scheduled on or about November 10, 1980.
A copy of all the documents related to Diablo Canyan facility can be found fn the Local Public Document Room (LPOR).
This LPDR is located at the California Polytechnic State I!niversfty Library, Documents and ftIaps Department, San Luis
- Obispo, Cal ffornfa 93If07.
I trust this informatfon 4 responsive to your request.
Sincer ely, jsj Frank J. Hiraglfa, Acting Chief Licensing Branch tlo. 3 Division of Licensing Fnclasures:
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ENCLOSURE I Concern:
Low Level Radioactivity Effects.
Response
In the matter of low level radiation hazards, the Commission has always subscribed to the principle that radiation exposure of the public should be kept as low as is reasonable achievable.
This principle has been a central one in the field of radiation protection for many years.
Operating licenses of nuclear power plants include provisions to limit and control radioactive effluents from the plants.
The term "as low as, is reasonably achievable" requires taking into account the state of technology, the economics of improvements in relation to benefits to the public health and safety, other societal,and socioeconomic considerations, and the relationship of these to the use of nuclear energy in the public interest.
The Commission has adopted numerical guidelines for design objectives and limiting conditions for operation of nuclear power plants to meet the criterion of "as low as reasonably achievable" for radioactive material in effluents from nuclear power plants.
Using these guidelines, the radiation resulting from radioactive release from nuclear power plants during normal plant operation is a small fraction of that received from natural background activity.
The NRC has expended substantial effort in studying the potential health effects of low-level radiation on humans.
Funding has been allocated for research on the effects of specific radioactive isotopes and of epidemiology studies, the analyses of current research in the field of radiobiology and epidemiology and the drawing up of preliminary plans to study the feasibility of a large-scale epidemiology investigation on Iow level radiation effects.
The NRC staff is also participating with international agencies on the control of Iong-lived radionuclide emissions from the nuclear fuel cycle.
In regard to Diablo Canyon, environmenta'I matters including low level radiation effluents from, the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plants were the subject of proceedin'gs in a public hearing.
After extensive consideration,. the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board issued a Partial Initial Decision on June 12, 1978 and concluded that the effects of low level radiation from plant operation will be negligible and will result in no significant risk or increase of genetic defect incidence in the population of the San Luis Obispo area during the projected thirty years of operation.
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ENCLOSURE 2 Concern:
Response
Emergency Preparedness and Evacuation of the area surrounding Oiablo Canyon in view of the accident at Three Nile Island (mr).
Following the TMI-2 accident, the NRC has been re-examining the design and. operation of all nuclear power plants including emergency evacuation plans needed to cope with potential acccidents.
The recommendations contained in the report by the President's Commission on the TNI-2 accident (the Kemeny Commission) as well as other actions recommended by various task forces within the NRC were considered and requirements have been established and published in NUREG-0694 for Near Term Operating Licenses.
The Pacific Gas
& Electric Company (PG&E) has met our emergency planning requirements for fuel loading and low power testing.
Fbr a full power license PG&E's plan must be upgraded to be in compliance with NRC criteria in NUREG-0694, NUREG-0654, "Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radio-logical Emergency
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Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants",
and Comnission guidance in the fo'rm of the new Appendix E to the Commission's regulations.
The NRC staff will verify that all the applicable requirements have been met by PG&E before a full power license is granted.
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