ML18026A034

Letter Attaching a Document Stating for the Record the Timely Reasons for Intervention in the Proceedings Before the NRC in the Matter of PP&L and Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc

ML18026A034
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	12/29/1978
From:	Lemanowicz I Citizens Against Nuclear Dangers
To:	NRC/SECY
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18603 SECRETARY OF THE COISISSION DOC?%TING AND KRVICE SECTION U.S.

NUCLEAR REGULATORY CQQGSSION VASiGHGTON, D.C. 20555.

ate: December 29, 1978

Dear S1r:

As a preliminary prereouisite, and in compliance with government regulations, tbe C1.tizens Against nuclear Dangers in tbe a tacbed document(s) state for the record tbe timely

.reason(s) for 1ntervention in the proceeding,s before the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory A8ency and before tbe Atomic Safetv and Licensinc Board in the natter of:

Pennsylvania

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Company, and Alie",

y =lectric Cooperative, Inc. (Applicants)

Docket Pos 0-387 end 50-368; Permits 'Nos.

C.=."-R-101 and CP=-:-.-102.

Yours tmly Krs. Irene Lenanowicz Chairperson o <~

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ani c't'zens livin" 'n relative close pro!:1".itv to Sale=

.o>>n hip, Bel1eving that the government has thus far failed to adeouatelv protect these people from the risk of nuclear dangers, tha m1gbt occur as 8 result of tbe operation of the Applicants atomic power plant, Determined to intervene in tbe interest of public health and safety, r

e C 1 e js Age ins Nuclear Dangers hereby al 1 ega, con end, snd aver the following:

Whereas, tbe ma )or Applicant presently has elec ric generat1ng over-capacity, est1mated to range as high as forty percent within 1ts serv1ce

area, Nhereas, tbe maJor Applicant Justified cons ruction of tbe Salem Township atom1c power plant based on future electric demand pro)ections bat never happened to materialize',

':Tbereas, the Atomic =nergy Commission 1ssued construction permits for th1s pro)ect based on faulty )udgments and miscalculations of pro)ected growth demands in tbe PAL service area,

Whereas, tbe intervenor s, and all other rate-payers similarily

situated, are confronted with be inequity of higher and higher electric rates to pay for tbe operat1ng costs of generating units that msy not he "used and. useful."

Therefore, in order to establish equity for rate-payers, the Atomic Safetv and Licensing Board should 1ssue an order directing the pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) o investigate be conseouences of the ser1ous miscalculations c1 ed. above; and also

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d'rect t'be Appl1cants to halt construct'on at tbe Salem si e, pending

.'be ou come of the PUC investigation Likewise, tbe !nuclear Regulatory Commission should comply with the a ionsl Nergy Program, enuciated oy he President be "ore a )oin session of Congress (April 20, 1977).

The Admin1stration's na io. sl cher"v goals call for a stra egy of reducing annus" g.ow"h of United Sta es ene rgy demand to less than two per cen.,

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energy use, 'clu"ing elec.".'

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T:~ CITIZ~lS AGAINST NUCI "AR DANG ?S Serving as a public interest ad boc group to enunciate tbe ccncerns of many citizens living ln relative close proximity to Salem Township, Believing that the government has thus far failed to adecustely protect. these people from tbe risk of nucl'ear dangers, that m'gbt occur as a result of the operation of the Applicants atomic power plant,

'etermined to intervene in the interest o. public health and safety, tbe Citizens Against Nuclear Danger s hereby allege,

contend, and aver tbe following:

'r1bereas, the U.S. =-nvironmental Protection Agency concluded from a nationwide river study of chemical contaminants in drinking water that chlorine, the chemical used to k211 bacteria and make ~ster safe to drink,'lso produces cancer causing agents (carclnogens) when it combines with cer aln other chemicals,

.Whereas, tbe Applicants in the operation of be Salem Township facility would discharge into the Susouebanna

'River nuclear

~aste materials (such as Cesium 137 and Cobalt 60) as well as large quantities of chlorine used to clarify the mine acid in the wa er rece'ved at tbe plant's lntaLe from the river,

hereas, the 3orough of Danville, located fifteen miles downstream from tbe Salem Township site, receives its supply of dr inking water from the Susquehanna

'River,

Shereas, t'e operat'n of the Applicants ato"lc plant will pose a

serious public health danger to the citizens of Danvllle due to the plan 's discharge of radioactive and potentially carcinogenic wastes into he river upstream'be.efore,tbe Nuclear Regulatory Commission should order be A p 'cents to install an improved llqu'd waste tres ment system ce lgned o remove all races of chorine end nuclear wastes

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he processe" water oefore discharge into the rive.;

'he.efore, the alternative wou'd be fo.

he Appl'can s an" the gove...ment o loca e and finance a source

o. drinking water o her han

.".e Susquehanna River.or he 3orou=L. o+

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