ML19186A143
| ML19186A143 | |
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| Site: | Susquehanna  (NPF-014, NPF-022) |
| Issue date: | 01/05/1979 |
| From: | Lemanowicz I Citizens Against Nuclear Dangers |
| To: | NRC/SECY |
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| Download: ML19186A143 (3) | |
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A -A>IST ¹CL-AR ANG-PS P.O.
Box. 577, pQ ~>l, Berwick, Pa.,
l6603 date:
January 5,
1979 Secretary of the Connission Doc'keting and Service Section U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hashington, D. C.
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Dear Sir:
As e prelim'nary prerequisite, and in co pllance with
'overnment regulations, the Citi"ens Agains
>iuclear Dangers in the at ached document(s) s ate for the record the timely re" son(s) for intervention in tbe proceedings before be U.S. nuclear Regulatory Agency and before the Ato ic Sefetv and Licensing Board in tbe natter of:
Pennsylvania Power snd L1gbt
- Company, and Allegheny =lectr1c Cooperative, Znc. (Applicants)
Doct.et Nos.
50-$ 87 and 50-QGB; Permits Nos.
CPPR-10l and C.=R-102.
2'ours truly i!is.
Xrene Lenanowi c" Chairperson e
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"sgC Serv1ng as a publ1c interest ad hoc group to enuncis 6'gpongerns I g c-..
I~/j rig of many citizens living in relative close proximity to Sal Tu~nhQ<
ti(q 3elieving that the government has thus far fa1led to a tely
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~il protect these people from tbe risk of nuclear dangers, that mig.
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as a result of tbe operation of the Applicants'tomic power plant, Determined to intervene in tbe interest of pub11c health
'and safety, Tbe Citizens Against Nuclear Dangers hereby allege,
- contend,
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and aver tbe follow1ng:
- Whereas, rather than trying to come to gr1ps with tbe monumental problems associated with an emergency evacuation in tbe event of an atom1c accident at tbe Salem Township site or elsewhere, tbe atomic industry has procrastinated and resorted to label1ng cri 1cism of the inadequate evacuation plans and procedures as "scare tactics,"
- teresa, the pathetic local c1vil defense system of reporting a omic accidents lacks adequate instruments to track radioactivity
.much beyond the Salem Township atomic plant site, hereby Jeopardizing
~the health and safety of everyone in a fifty mile radius, but espec1ally the classes of people identified below.
Therefore, the Applican s'mergency'vacuation plans carnot be accepted or approved by the Nuc'ear 'Regulatory Commission unless and until they are revised to 1nclude real1stic logist'al ransportation assistance for the tens of thousands of hospitalized and 1nstitutionalized persons in nursing homes and m'ental treatment facilities, ae well as the physically'nd mentally handicapped within a fifty mile rad1us of Salem Township; Therefore, the Federal snd state agencies designated to carry out tbe Znteragency Radiological Assistance Plan and the:ederal Preparedness Agency of tbe General Services Administration, et sl, should be directed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to provide ambulance and other specialized transportation for the classes of citizens mentioned
- above, 1n the event of an atomic accident and high level radioac 1ve release from the Salem Townsh1p atomic plant; Therefore, to exclude provis1ons for the special transports
'on needs of be 1rfirm, be elderly, snd "be handicapped, e:c., in be Applicants'mergency evacuation plans is inhumane and an unccnsc'na>le outrage.
~ t 'three ens o deprive these residents of'ife, 'er an" proper-y, and also '-poses, uncons itutionally, unecuai prc:ec-'on of be law and an unfs'r burden on hem as opposed to able-bodied ci 'ns who might be able o escape from an atomic d1sas er at Sale~
Tow..ship unass's ed.
T:">> Cl'TX AGAXNST NUCL"AR DAN'S Serving as a public 1nterest ad. hoc group to enunciate the concerns of many citizens living in rels ive close proximity to Salem Township, Believing that the government has thus far failed to adequately protect these people from tbe risk of nuclear dangers, that might occur ss a result of'he operat1on of,tbe Applicants atomic power plant, Determined to intervene in the interest of public health and safety, tbe Citizens Against Nuclear Dangers. hereby allege,
- contend, and aver tbe following:
.Whereas, the maJor A'pplicant has been conduct1ng meteorolog1cal monitoring and aquat1c surveys as part of a pseudo-environmental surveillance program for the psst several years at or near tbe Salem Townsh1p atom1c power plant site, as a prerequisi e to operating that faci11ty;
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'dhereas, these sc1entific proJects are v1ewed by the interveners as a transparen attempt by the Applicants to bu11d their defenses against the 1nevitable charges that, tbe Applicants w111 be polluting tbe environs of Salem Township and t'e Susquehanna River in the future;
- Whereas, the need to sc1entifically evaluate the effects of low-level radiation on humans is far more important then merely monitoring its effects on w1ldlife;
- Whereas, the Applicants have, unfortunately, thus far fa11ed to conduct r'adia ion studies on people living nearby to determ1ne tbe disease causing 1mpacts tbe Salem Township atom1c fac111ty would even ually have over a per1od of thirty years on human populations; Therefore, as a reasonable and necessary pr ecaution, the Nuclear Regulatorr Commission should direct the Applicants, 1n conJunct'on
<<1-h 0'e PA, and tbe Pennsylvania Departments of =-ducation and of Health o
commence
<<1th systematic human physical examinations employ1ng be most advanced medical technology to study the link betweeen low-level radiation and disease, such as cancer, on the human inhabitants cited herein; Therefore, all pre-school and school age children through the senior high school, residing wi hin a fiftymile radius of -he Salem s',
should be af,orded a medically approved rac'a
'on chec':-up on 8 l annual bas' beginning with bis school year; Therefore, mobile monitor'ng clinics, staffed by s.ate hea'-h p.ofess'cn ',
should he..ceforth visit every scbool wi.h'>> s rad'us of the Applicants plant site to carry out tb's annual program ss a ri al public health and safety precaution.
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