ML19031B498
| ML19031B498 | |
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| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 03/03/1967 |
| From: | Paist S Rohm & Haas Co |
| To: | Seaborg G US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) |
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| Download: ML19031B498 (3) | |
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INDEPEN~~NO::E MALL WEST PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19105 TELEPHONE 12151 59.2-3000 I,.
,pr. Glenn T. Seaborgp Chainnan 1Atomic Energy Commission German town P Maryland.
March 3~ 1967
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Dear Dr. Seaborg:
Enclosed is a copy of a letter to the Delaware River Basin Commission describing our concern about the possible impact on the Delaware River water quality resulting from the location of a nuclear power plant at Burlington~ New Jersey.
We are sending.this to you because,of a mutual interest in Estuary water quality.
We shall be glad to discuss this matter in more detail with you if you wish.
SSP:mfm Enc.
Very truly yours~
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INOC:*PEiOEN'cE'>;.J1ALL WEST PHILAOELPHLA. PA. 19105 TELEPHONE 1215) 592-3000 REPLY TO:
BOX 219 BRISTOL, PA. 19007 c 0 p y Hr. J. F. Wrightp Executive Di;:-ector Del'awc:re Riv~r Basin Commission P.O. Bo:.:. 360 Tre~ton¥ New Jersey
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Dear Mr. Wright:
Ma;:-ch 3 P 196 7 Subiect:
The Impact of NucleaI' Power Generation on the Burlington Section of the Delsware River i\\s you knowp a. 993p000 kw nuclear powered ce:ntral station is to be ere.ctc<l at the "wlaware River near Burlington~ New Jersey.
Public Sei"Vice Electric and Gas Company m:ld the Philadelphia Electric Company arc the major ouncrsa Unless handfo:d with great care~ the warm water discharged from the plant will have a very serious impact on the diosolved o;;ygen.S..'"'ld thermal quali-ties of the ~ater in the Estua~7.
During the for.n~l Hearing rega=ding proposed Estuary water stands=ds before the Cowmissicn en January 26~ 1967~ Mr. Iezzip a sauitary engineer in our Bristol Pian: 0 dascribed our conceru. about the biochemical decu.nposition of a mass of solids in the Upper Estuary which affocts the discolved oxygen levels in the Bristol-Burlington section of the Estuary~ These solids are brought into the Estuary by the cll:'ainage of tributaries Q!ld by the Delaware itself~ ns these waters empty into the* relatively slower-rlowingp deeper Estuary eutrance.
Since biochemical activity ai.~d~ therefo~e~ oh7gcn demand will inc:rec:se e:iq:>onentially -with increased water temperatun:c 9 the dissolvGd oxygen in the Estuary mcy be ::;eriously lowered by the cooling demand of a 993~000 kw central stationQ This dem&nd for cooling wntcrp in.sddition 1:0 that of the c~dsting 453~000 kw cci1tral station~ may equal the approximately 1~000 0 000 gpm low flow of the Delswarc during SlliW10T montho.
The r.:ethod used for withdrn"'ing cool water snd returning hoc.ted water to thG Estua~7 needs careful study~ not only to preGc1--vc the current dicsolved o::-.7gen levels in the Estm:iry~ but nlao to prevent the increased costs of re-cycling heated tcJ.:iter to those wbo uou use :.ive.- water for d;:inking zrnd foT industrial u~cs.
Tne deleterious effect of increased temperature can be held to a minimum if the increase is limited to a few degrees by diotributing the wz:;.'1U:ad 'Watez over a very large area of the river at a locat.iou where~
with due consideration for tidal effcctp the-.:e is a minimum amount. of watex
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. :-C:~ov~d foT d:::L:.-:1:..:!..r:g C:.:..--:d indt.:~t:"'i.cl ~~c c;;d whci.:9c the biochemical activity would b~ ct u ~i~in7'.r.~.
It :le sl~o ir."".po:-tant t1-.at the loc.ntion ci.Ild config;_
u:.-3.t:.cn of the ~-1c~ ~.rater diach.;:;r-ge be b<<scd on thorour.gh. c.-id cou1plctc ter.:.pe...-atu::e ::;tudic::; c"":rcf-.;lly dcsig*-:.cd to p:covidc data th.'.'J.t will -i'.'oflcct l~~ile v1a a:.-~ Ball ~ua~c thst the Cornmission will review c~~~fully a pl:'oject
';Jith ~uc~1.s. grcr..c: potc~ti~l fo~ lowcl:'ing \\Vcte-r qu<:Jlity in ~he Estuucy 11 we
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s:~ould be ~jlpriscci of our co:.-.cm."';lc.
ifa believe.: tho ecology in
- his scctio~ of ti~e Estu~cy will be g:r~vcly influenced by w;;irr11oi:" t:l:o:ttcro Fish kills mc:y occu:r~ not because a t:c:dc substc:ncc has been innclvartci.tly
- -el~aze:d to the river~ b-.;t bccnr.rne the w.ate:c itsl'.:llf has been made toxic
- hro~gh o:.:..7ge;:;. depletion caused by incl'.'eased water temperatu.:-es..
-W~ sh.::;ll be gl~d to discuss our concerns with you in greater detail.
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H~r~ier~ President Wz.te:: Rcsoul"ces Association of the Delsvare River Basin
- xr. W. F. T~it:~ J:c.P Ch~irmru::i.
Bogrd of _Directors Public Sc:'"Vice Electric a:lcl C.::s Co;:::;;.::=ly r1rv ChG:.:.-les Lucis~~~~ Ch~i~~n Lower Bucks County
~!~01icipu.l Authority
- t'i:'.. F.. Patrizio 9 Mom01gor B,orough of Bristol Very truly you:cz.
-i(auJ JPo.df Stsnley S~ais~P PuE.
Manag-=r& Water & Ait' Conservation
?fr. R. G. Rincliff P Chui man Boa~d of Directors rhiladelpliia Electric Compa.-.y
- s. Baxter~ Co~issioner Watel'.' Depsrt~nt City of Philadelphia Dr.. G. T.
Se~borg~ Chainnan Atomic Euergy Commisaion H:-o E. Ceiswar ~ P;:oject Director D~laware Estua-ry Study Federal Water Pollution Con~rol Adm.