ML19249B680
| ML19249B680 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 07/12/1979 |
| From: | Westerman M AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| NUDOCS 7909040663 | |
| Download: ML19249B680 (1) | |
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Rt. pl, Box 279 St. Anne, IL 60964 hyg g/g C July 12,1979 c:2 ass =ammans*:
heceti=e in Au6ust, 85,000 sallons of a Dow ystery che:1 cal will be flushed throu6h the fiv e :lles th+eug:
tWfave -ilas of piping of the Dresden l' nuclear reactor near Morris.
The process, c all ed "'d ec ant acinat ion,"'
is a procedure devised to remove core than a half ton of highly radioactive retal exides known as "' crud"'.
Before this process occurs I beleive the Nuclear Rec-ulatory cc tission should answer se e very important qu a s t ion s.
Will the ocople particip: ting in the Dresden decon-tamination experi ent suffer fro: exposure to the cc -
biaation of the ativent and the radioactive aterials that will be suspended in the s olv ent?
Since this'io the first tire this procese is tar.in6 F' lace it would see: ors ctical-to att empt to answer this que:tien be-fore work proceeds.
Will the radioactive wastes migrate faster than nor-
=al once the Dow chemical solv ent reacts with the wastos?
An article published in E.clence (30 June 1978) which encvs that materials treated this way do cove more rap-idly.
Will any of this wa ste remain on site, possibly coming in contact with the soil and then racidly-beir.6 leached into tne ground water?
Will the op = ration of Dreaden 1 become more hazardous in thefuture due to the precess?
According to one s tudy; stainless steel, which is used in the reactor vessel, is so ewnat ocrous.
After cleaning) steel is found to deteriorate.
What 1 cact will this have on the oper-ation and. safey of the plant?
r beleive that we wno live so close to Dresden shculd rec.uire an environmental impact state:6nt be# completed by the Nuclear Re.;ulato"y Co =ission before any work be61ns.
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