ML18031A301

Comments on Des:Quality of Figure 2.1 Map Is Substd,More Data Required on Hosp Capabilities,Data on Fire & Police Protection Is Inadequate & Use of Results from Salt Study at MD Plant Is Invalid

ML18031A301
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Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	10/25/1979
From:	Molesevich M AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	Muller D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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CCESSION NBR:7911010046 DOC ~ DATE: 79/10/25 NOTARIZED: NO DOC FACIL:50 387 Susquehanna 50-388 Susquehanna BYNAME Steam Electric StationE Unit ii Steam Electric StationE Unit 2i Pennsylva Pennsylva 5000388 AUTH AUTHOR AFFII IATION MOLESEVICHEM.M. Affiliation Unknown RFCIP ~ NAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION MULLERED ~ Division of Site Safety 8 Environmental Analysis

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2X6 North Pifth Stre'et Apt. 2 LevIzsburg, Pa. X7837 October 25, X979 L>r. Daniel Muller Director, Bivision of Site Safety and.

hnvironmental Analysis Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bear 1~A. Muller:

The purpose of this letter is to express my comments on the Braft 1nvironmental, Statement related, to the operation of the~ Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units X and. 2, Bocket Numbers 50-387 Bc 50-388.

X) Xn refering to fi'pur'e 2.'I,the,map that is presented is of very poor quality and standards. 'her'e"is'o north orientation nor is there any distance scale presented,. The map is bluried., and

'~orst of all, the plan% site is,not ,shown. Xf 'you were to assume aha% north is 'pointing to,the top of the map, then the two counties that= shovtn are backwax'Gs. Colombia County is east of Xuierne County," and. it is,not the o%her vray as they, are incorrectly shown. Final,1y, after making these corrections, X recommend, Chat a much, larger'"base area 'be used. so as to locate other ar6as of the state'in re'lotion to tho plant site.

2 ) Xn refering t'o sanction,2.2.4'.2,'; 'the amount of data presented.

on the capabiliti.es of the nearby'ospital.s handling emergency situations that can'occur with a nuclear facility is inadequate.

There should, be much mo'e data,'prepented. on the qualifications of the hospitals in', handling and. treating gad.iological accidents and, cases,

5) Zn reX'ering again to section'.2.4.2, the amount of data concern-ing police and, fire protection is also inadequate. Xf an emer-gency situation shouM arise, such as a fire at the plant, are the local volunteer fire companies ad,equately trained to fight a fire at such a facility? Are the local volunteers trained.

to cope with an emergency that may envolve radiological precau-"

tions'? Bo >hey have the necessary equipment? These questions should. be considered for the final statement.

4) Xn refering to section 2.2.6.X, the 1and,-use categories for Tuserne County for d.eveloped land. oorrectly add. to XOO~S, but the land.-use categories for developed. land. in Colombia County do not tota1 XOOq~. This error should. be checked, and corrected..

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5) Xn refering to section, $ .2.I, if the applicant is considering

'building an additional reservoir', then this should be include'd in the cost/benefit ratio. Also, ig the plant must be shut dovrn during periods of lovr f1ovr, then, this should. be included, in, the cost/benefit ratio.

63 Xn referix~p to shcti'q~ 4.4;.'1~2, therq is an area that does need attention. Xn'ara'praph six the applicant'tates that 880 grams of salt per hectare per month vrill be deposited.

'ihe staff believes that,this, vrill not cause an impact on'ocal biota and. soils because of,t4e '-res'ults of recent studies from the Chalk i'oint'okiqr'plant, ip. ~Iaig>3.and,. X disagree ith this-a sumption, Bcc'ause tha,l.t,"has no. adverse xesults in ilaryland does not meaq,'hat it vries],,have no adverse effects in'Pennsylvania.

The fact tha4 Liarylmn6 ia close -to the coast could 'mean that flora there has actaptAL to'the salt that naturally drifts 'he iv from oceanic freezes..X; am.sure that the species of flora along the coqst,.'ere. much @6je"Col'crank of brackish conditions than'those speci.es that arc found. near and around Hervrick, Perlnsylvania~ j a46$ bel" eve,.th'R'ts) the soils along the coast are n'aturally brackish,"','herefo're, any small amoUnt of extra salt imposed on those'soil's 'vries.L be in the tolerable range of Nose coastal soils. g6v,ever, adding appreciable amounts of salt'to those types of soils'that are not accustomed. to salt vrill'moat certainly have adverse effects. Xn conclu ion, j:

think'that the'assumption ade on the results of the pourer

'mI plant in maryland are mislead.ing and do not apply to SMS.

Therefore, this o'roblem need,s to 'bc solved.. t

7) ln ref~:ring to section 4.4.5, the assumpt>ons made are not compatible vith SSES. Again the assumption i's that if there are no problems at one, plant, then, there vrill be no proMems at the next.. Vhe assumption that little or no fogging or icin'g vrill occur at SShS is not valid,. Bervrick ancL surrounding areas along the Susquehanna River ha>'c alvrays been Rnovrn for being subject to fog conditions. The effects 'of the plumes vrill edd.

to this natural phenomenon,. j.'he occurrence oX ground.-base inversion layers, a common meteorlogical phenomenon in the ridge and. Valley province of Pennsylvania during the vrintcr months, vras no't even mentioned.. Should. this occur vrith belovr-Xreezinp temperatures,'he consequences vrill be much icing of foilape, utility linea, highvray surfaces (Boute XL), and, any other surface-. X cannot see hovr the applicant and the MC

'an dravr concluqions about the efCects of the NBAs at, SSKS from the results obtained, in, europe. This section must also be corrected and. further studied.

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1 ai Xn referinp to 4abl<. 5.X,,tl e, frequency of monitoring has to be increased.. The most fr'eguent.moditoring,,that table 5.I mentions is v~eekly. Giving the applic'nt the benefit 'of of doubt, j; assume,tBat this still.'n'ot be 'the 'complete schedule the radiological monitorihg. .'XZ this is 'hoIt 'the comp3.cte monitoring schedule, then the complete schedule .of frequencies and, locations should, be included. in the final fata'Cement.

9) Xn refering to tables 6.3. and 6.2, 7 find it very disturbing it that the applicant and/or staff.,has,not includeh the possi'bility'f a class nine accid,ent occuring. Sinoe the draft v;as publish-ed. after the accident at Three,l!ile j:sland., then the results should. have been incorporated.. Also included. should. be the psychological effects that VI'ill has had. and. the psychological effects that the 881 8 will hove.

XO) Xn refering to tables 7.4 and. 7.5, j: find that the reserve margin with SSKS in both cases is much too high. As a matter of fact these two tables shor~ that the plant is really not needed..

Xl) Xn refering to section 6.6, I think that a decomissioning plan should, be ~n',.pareL befoxe operation in the case of an emergency where ta,me v'ould be a factor in prey~ring one. In other words a plan should, be ready should. tho ev(.nt'r~.se that it is need<<d.

Also the cost that is stated, for,d.ecomissioning seems -;uite los'.

1s the'ost of decomissioning iz.'clud,ed. in the cost/benefit ratio'>

X2) Xn refer~nj; to fipures 3-"X,, 3-2, and,'9->, one cann'>t Pivot a, crit'cal evaluation vf the planned. routes of the transmission corridors when one cannot even read, the maps. Those ziaps are also of'ery poor quality for obvious reasons. (See comment I).

linthink that these comments are. very much preparation of, the final environmental vrorth consideration

.~.mvact statement for the SSKH. I v:ovid, appreciate and welcome any reply to the above comments ~

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~4~~ ~~ (g Secretary Nuclear Regulatory Commission Wash., D.C. 20555

Dear Secretary,

Please put my name on the mailing list for alZ.

hearing notices and documents relating to the:

Susquehanna Steam Generation Plant at Berwick,. Pa.

Furthermore, I wish to appear as a witness in future hearings related to Docket 050-387 and 0 50-388, Please advise to qualify for me of any requirements of the I must fuZfilZ.

any above requests.

Respectfully, Eugen P. Stilp pr ~'~r'fpQg+ Q QQAf e ee4e o+> .~ ~ +>+~

Eugene P. Stilp 275 Poplar. Street Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18702

UNITED STATES OF &KRICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY CO".MISSION In the Matter of )

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PENNSYLVANIA POWER AND LIGHT ) Docket No. (s:P 50-387 COMPANY ) 50-388

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-(Susquehanna Steam Electr'ic )

Station, Units 1 and 2) )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that~I have this day served the foregoing document(s) upon each pe'rson designated on the official service Mst compiled by accordance with the requirements of Section 2.712 of 10 Rules of Practice, of the Nuclear Regulatory Commissfan's

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the Office of the Secretary of the Commission in thir. proceeding Part fn 2-Rules and Regulations.

Dated at Washington, D.C. this

/@ day of MdP f 197+.

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Office f 'the Secretary ef the ~ission

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION I

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PENNSYLVANIA POWER AND LIGHT ) Docket No.(s) 50 387 COMPANY, ET AL. ) 50-388

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(Susquehanna Steam Electric )

Station, Units 1 and 2) )

SERVICE LIST Charles Bechhoefer, Esq., Chairman Dr. Judith H. Johnsrud Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Co. Director, EnvironmentaX.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Coalition on Nuclear Powex.'33 Washington, D.C. 20555 Orlando Avenue State College, Pennsylvania. 16801 Mr. Glenn O. Bright Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Ms. Colleen Marsh U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission 558A Washington, D.C. 20555 'R.D. 84 Mount Top, Pennsylvania 18707, Dr. Oscar H. Paris Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mrs. Irene Lemanowicz U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission The Citizens Against. Nucleam Dangers Washington, D.C. 20555 P.O. Box 377 RD 1 Counsel for NRC Staff Berwick, Pennsylvania 18609 Office of the Executive Legal Director U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Gerald Schultz, Esq.

Washington, D.C. 20555 Susquehanna Environmental Advocates 174 Machell Avenue Jay E. Silberg, Esq. Dallas, Pennsylvania 18612.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 1800 "MY Street, N.W. Mr. Thomas M. Gerusky, Director Washington, D.C. 20036 Bureau of Radiation Protection Department of Environmenta1 Resources Pennsylvania Power and Light Company Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ATTN: Mr. Norman W. Curtis P.O. Box 2063 Vice President Engineering Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 and Construction 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101

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'". Da.".Lel '-'aller Cffice of nuclear:.eactor;.e-dlatiou U-it>>d '. atCS ~uClea" ?eoilatory Cc=uitgisu

2. Zf st sll possible< to have sa sdditioasl source of ea -.. -"u 1<<>><

eater available other thea the Sosqoshscas River, sad '"e --"- se o>> >>"> -<>> 's -o sz">>>> s q co"-~-->> -- '->> r"-

psrticalsrly road RLLL Reservoir, before the Ststioa goes iaro opersrioa. e ' ' 2 "o a s 4>>* >>d s . 7>>

poor qual<ty a d sta"dards. ?here is zo uor =. crieztati:."...:r Coors tsu17< st of &11 assu=o

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"-c - - -'"e- -e of .L"ser e Co" ty> a d i is ot t..e othe -ay as they are gdsard Eeiselberg, Director oi Rlsoaiag L.cor ectly shor=. ?i=a'ly, aftr>> t"'zq t?es c:r ~ "ti)cs, - .=ca:e Loserce Coouty Plsaaisg Coaaissioo 2 r!cc=-e..d that a =uch larrer base a.ea be us!" >>o a>>

other areas nf the state 1= rt'atior. to the 9'mt si e.

cc< Rick Soachik, Luserae Cooaty Civil Dsfeose Sgeecy o e ca abi 's 2, -u rsfcrico to s.ctiou 2 n d n ti>> aio-2 o 'ita y">>ss-->>d o he e~arby vosyi als <<a., li g 0" s"tuatious .ha. cau occu>> rith a "sole'r fac'll:y 's zs.';;:" te.

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.he local volu>>teer fire coRDauies ads;uately trai>>ed to

",':,fi-"t i:i a ire a such a facil'ty? Are th! local voluutee>>s . aiucP to coge rith a e"ergeucy .ha "ay e volvo radiologca Rrecau-tiom? Do -.hey have the uecessary e~uiDzezt? hase ~uvstious ou<d be cc si<e e" eo the fi"a s.a e e.. ~

d) lu referi~>> to sectio= 2.2.o >>he la"d-us! cate>>cr'ss fo" iu>>>> e Couu>>y >>~r >>ve<ou< d 's>>d co""ectq< add >>- ' CCD eg.r<as f,>> dave< s s> <

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5) '.-. Tcferiig to secti)n 5.2.1, if Sr ." Teferinr tO table 5.. -"e arel g.oy;f n)nit)r'-- 3$ 5

' be incr!said. Le n)st f <qu!nt =on't)ri..- that tc)'! =.

in the c)st/benefit .atio. f<oi, Also, 2 5" inst 3! $ .":--. nentioiS iS Vee'dy. Siz'g the 00jloant:he Cene" t Cf 40~3$ ,

dovn d- i+ ",cri)dsoi 10 I assune .'at ~~f5 i<11 -0 3C CL! c)xyiste schad "a ) tho

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psych!le)~ca efr!cts thai ."= Las a $0 c u !4 zh)u: 3! th!

hs'>>'.! ))ych) ))ical the flora SL!ra has icdaotod t) ahe sala:hat nav-"Ly fmn ocean'c bre!Sis. a" ur! that the s.!Oi!s 0 ilora 'Qr in raf!Tin- to .able) 7.4 and 7 c< r i'"'ha- t i -esa~e

~a those $ 0C <Cs 44 4 e u.r S 4 3 )" SC ait "!Se .Oi 't 4 a ye<<nsylva ia. I also beli!ve that the s)".5 Z)z =e o)sst 0 40 Cs ~ 'P 5 needed.

ar! hain?ally brac':.is". ".herefore, a"y Snail ai)vrt of !xt?$

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$4 np)sed 0. hose 50 5 tb)oe coastal soils. i v vcr, addi ~ 422?cciub'e "-)u:. 5 cf Salt to t<<)sa ty-CS cf Soils that a"e r.)t ao c)-c' St)ned -.: Salt a~

ao sectic bc Or!'par<4 oaf)?! 00! 4 on <n a~e case ) an a rrdi.

Chere aine voul" be a fact)r in prey ri.-g on!. --.. Oahar i:?40

".41')st ce-ta'-ly""7$ have advc Se effects. <n 4 ", a yls sh uld be rrad<y 5" uli ~c eve $ ~$ << txaa <a '5

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)an- in Aylend aae u<5'aadi-.g anr io n)t at-ly to SSIS.

rhercf) 5, 'th<5 ",T.bleu needs t) ~e $ 0<v<4 IS .he c)st ) 4!co"issi)ni-" '-cIuded '; the cist/3)rcr'5 "ati)? ~

iir i a) sict< 4 $ ) c 5$ a" i ons na e are 22r In .. 5 to cait<ca) ava'"a-'0" p es 3 ~ 3-2< 4 r S-f t<e -'a=-ed " u isof ~ dn! OL" lt r<v! 4

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~e - su< s obts'-ed i 3- ope ~h<s sec-'- ""5- a'$0 be co..ected and fu-.th!? Studie4.