ML17173A559

Forwards SAND77-1927 Transport of Radionuclides in Urban Environs:Working Draft Assessment, SECY-78-311 & SECY-78-311A.No Immediate Regulatory Action Is Necessary to Protect Spent Fuel Shipment.W/O Encl

ML17173A559
Person / Time
Site:	Dresden, Zion, 07701927
Issue date:	01/18/1979
From:	Goddard R NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD)
To:	Little L, Luton E, Remick F AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
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JAN 18 1979 J

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. Edward Luton, Chairman Dr. Linda W. Little Research Triangle institute

. P. o. Box 12194 Atomi'c Safety *and Licensing *Board U.S. Nuclear Reg.ulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555

~e~ea:rch Triangle P~k. *N.C.

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Dr. Forrest J. Remh:k 305 E. Hamilton A vepue

_ State-G_ollege,-Pa. 16801 In the Matter' of COMMONWEAL~ EDISON COMPANY, (Dresden Station, Units 2 and 3)

-Docket Nos *. 50-237 and 6§:W.

p~_q.~:J\\~~mqers of the, Board:

• Enclosed for the information of the parties is a copy of SAND77-1927 e~titled, *

"Transport of Radion~~lldes in-Urban Enirtro~: Working Draft A~sessment"

' (WDA) ** This i~. a preliminary r~port in the development by tlie NRC of a

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-Generic Environmental Impact Statement.(GEIS) *ori transportation of

-. 1 radionuclides in *urban environs. The general objectives of the GEIS ar~

• (I_) to identify any unacceptable risk.or hazard to public health and safety and (_2) to identify prom~sing alternatives whereby current levels of safety may be impr.oved f\\irther. The study is not intended, by itself, to support-

. any spedfic rulemaking action or other regulatory ac::tivity~; -

Among ~e topics discussed* in the WDA are: (1) ~abotage of spent fuel casks~

discussed in.Chapter~. resulting in severe consequences (thousandsi of

. deaths, billions of dollars' in damages) and (2) consequences of severe accidents in urban areas resulting in cO"sts exceeding $560 million.

Also enclosed for t}j-e information of the parties are copies of Commission Information Reports.* SECY~78~-3ll, dated June-14, 1978 and SECY-78-311A *"2 dated Novemp,er 9, 1978. *These lnfot:mation Reports indicate to the' -

Commission~t.Pe _Staff's view of the i?Jipact of the WDA on current regulatory

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policy. *As can be seen from these Commission papers, the NRC Staff has

. recommended that no immediate regulatory action is neces'sary to protect

. spent fuel shipment at*,this tiJ:?e.

. Copies of the enclosed documents have been *ru;nished sep_arately t~ all

• .Licensing and Appeal Board Panel Members fOr their use.

cc: w/enclosures John W:. Rowe, Esq..

Susan N. Sekuler, Esq..

Russell R. Eggel't, Esq.

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