ML19186A149
| ML19186A149 | |
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| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 12/29/1978 |
| From: | Lemanowicz I Citizens Against Nuclear Dangers |
| To: | NRC/SECY |
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| Download: ML19186A149 (5) | |
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P.O.
Box 377, ~ pl, >ervtXck, Pa.,
1860'ECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION l)OCKETING AND SERVICE SECTION U.S.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, 3.C. 20555 da ue: December 29, 1978
Dear Sir:
As a preliminary prereauisite, and in compliance ~itb government r egulations, tbe Citizens 4gainst Huclear Dangers tbe attached document(s) state for tbe record tbe timely
.reason(s) for intervention in the proceedings before tbe U.S. nuclear Regula ory Agency and before tbe Ato ic Safety and Licensing Board in tbe matter of:
Pennsylvania Power and Light Co, pany, and Alle~'beny =lectric Cooperative, Inc. (Applicants)
Do eke t ls o s.
50- 587 and 50-g68; Permits N o s.
C:"PB,-101 and CPP.; 102.
~'ours truly rs. irene Lemanowicz Chairperson 0
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CX "2" '.~S AGA'XH~iUCL=A<DA.iG:P5 Serving as a public interest ad hoc group to enunciate thc concerns 0
many citizens living in relative close prox<city to Salem Township, Believing tha't the government has thus far failed to adeouately protect these people from the risk of nuclear dangers, that might occur as a result, of the operation of the Applicants atomic power plant, Determined to 1nt ervcne in tbe interest of public health and safety, the Citizens Against 'Nuclear Dangers h reby allege,
- contend, end aver tbe follow1ng:
>>'bereas, tbe maJor ApplS.cant presently has elect,ric generating It over-capacity, estimated to range a's h1gb as forty percent with1n 1ts service
- area,
';Fhereas, the maJor Applicant Justified construction of tbe Salem Township atomic power plant based on future electric demand proJections
.that never happened to materialize,
- ihereas, the Atomic "nergy Commission issued construction permits for this pro3ect based on faulty Judgments and miscalculations of proJected growth demands in the PAL service
- area, iFhereas, the intervenors, and all other rate-payers similarily
- situated, ar e confronted with the ineouity of higher and. higher electric rates to pay for the operating costs of generating units that may not be "used and useful."
Therefore, in order to establish eauity for rate-payers, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board should, issue an order directing the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) to investigate the conseoucnces of the serious miscalculations cited above; and also direct the Applicants to halt construct,ion at, the Salem site, pending the outcome of the PUC investigation Likewise, the >>!uclear regulatory Commission should comply w1th tbc Xational =-nergy Program, enuciated oy the President be
~ or e a Joint sc ssion of Congress (April 20, 1977).
The Administ ration '
national energy goals call for a strate~
of reducing annual growt?
Of Unit ed States energy demand to less than two percent to be implemented by all sec.ors of energy use, including electric u ilities such as the Applicants.
There fore, in tbe national in crest:
the uclear Regulatory Commission, complying wi h he ooJectives o
t'e National 'nergy Program, should order a ~orato. iu:"on further dcve" Q'o:Danu of t..e e..ce ss caps cit 7 at, tbe plican'. s Salez ownship ato~'ic power plant.
T:~ CITIZ:-NS AGAINST NUCLAR DANCZRS Serving as a public interest ad hoc group to enunciate the concerns of many'it1zens living in relative close proximity to Salem Township, Believing that the government has thus far failed to adeouatcly protect these people from tbe r1sk of nuclear dangers, that might occur as a result of the operation of tbe Applicants atomic power plant, Determined to intervene in tbe interest of public health and safety, the Citizens Against Nuclear Dangers hereby allege,
- contend, and aver tbe following:
- Mhereas, the U.S. Envoi.ronmental Protection Agency concluded from a nationwide river study of chemical contaminants in drinking water that chlorine, the chemical used to k111 bacter1a and make ~ater safe to drink, also produces cancer causing agents (carcinogens) when it combines w1th certain other chemicals,
.';thereas, the Applicants 1n the operation of the Salem Township fac111ty would discharge into thc Susquehanna River nuclear waste materials (such as Cesium 1>7 and. Cobalt 60) as well as large quantities of chlorine used 'to clarify the mine acid in the water received at the plant's intake from the river,
- hereas, the Borough of Danville, located fifteen miles downst.ream from the Salem Townsh1p site, receives its supply of drinking water from the Susouchanna
- R1ver,
'8hereas, the operation of the Applicants atomic plant will pose a
serious publ1c health danger to the c1tizens of Danville due to the plant's discharge of radioactive and potentially carcinogenic wastes into the river upstream, Therefore, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission should order the Applicants to install an improved. liquid waste treatment system designed to r emove all traces of chorine and nuclear wastes from the processe water oefore d1scharge into the river; Ther c fore, tbc alternat,'ve
~".ould oe for tbe Applicants and the governmcn o locate and finance a source of drinking water o her than tbe Susquehanna
.-.iver for the Borough of Danville prior to issuance o".-
a..y o"erat'g per=it.
UNXTED STATES OF A~ilERXCA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COXIISSXON
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Xn the i!atter of PENNSYLVANXA POWER AND LIGHT COIIPANY Docket No.(s) 50-387 50-388 (Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2)
CERTXFXCATE OF SERVXCE y hereby certify that I have this day served the foreooin docoeent(s) sr upon each person designated on the official service list compiled by the Office of the Secretary of the Commission in this proceeding in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.712 of 10 CFR Part 2-Rules of Practice, of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Rules and Regulations.
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~.M Dated at Washington, D.C. this
'day od 9M 197/
0 fice' he Secretary of the 'mmiss ion
UNITED STATES OE A'iERXCA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COiMXSSION In the Matter of PENNSYLVANIA POWER AbD LXGHT COtPAlK, ET AL.
(Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2)
Docket No.(s) 50 387 50-388 SERVICE LXST Charles Bechhoefer,'sq.,
Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Mr. Glenn O. Bright Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
" 20555 Dr. Oscar H. Paris Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Counsel'for'NRC StafF"-'"
'ffice of the Executive Legal Director U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 I
JayE Si3.b.er g,~ Esa.
Shaw, Pittman, Potts
& Trowbridge 1800 "MY Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20036 Dr. Judith H. Johnsrud Co. Director, Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power 433 Orlando Avenue State College, Pennsylvani'a 16801 Hs. Colleen Harsh 558A
'R.D.
84 Mount Top, Pennsylvania 18707 Hrs. Irene Lemanowicz The Citizens Against Nuclear'angers P.O.
Box 377 RD, 1.
Berwick, 'enn*syIvania-
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Gerald Schultz, Esq.
Susquehanna Environmental Advocates 500 South. River Street Wilkes-.Barre.q-Pennsylvania-- '8702-Hr. Thomas iH. Gerusky, Director Bureau of Radiation Protection Department of Environmental Resources Commonwealth of Pennsylvania P.O.
Box 2063 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120