ML19254D529
| ML19254D529 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Green County  |
| Issue date: | 04/25/1979 |
| From: | Kelley J NRC OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL (OGC) |
| To: | Gilinsky V, Hendrie J, Kennedy R NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| ML19254D524 | List: |
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| RTR-WASH-1400 NUDOCS 7910260246 | |
| Download: ML19254D529 (1) | |
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A p r i l.'2 5 a 1979 P00R ORIGINAL MEMORANDUM FOR:
Chairman Hendrie Co=missioner Gilinsky Commissioner Kennedy Commissioner Bradford Commissioner Ahearne
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James L. Kelley,. Deputy General Coun e.t.
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PROPOSED RESPONSE TO FRIENDS OF 'EEE EARTE REGARDING COMMISSION'S FOLICY STA'52IEIC ON NASE-1400 AND EFFECT ON ADEQUACY Of FIS ON GREENE COUNTY PLAIC The draft response should be modified to avoid convems the i pression that the Commission's views on Class 9 accisients are settled and not open to reePHnation.
Some langag a should be included to indicate how the Three Mile Ishnd accident may affect the Coc=ission's thinking about th:e i
attention ~ which should be paid to the risk of Cla'ss 9 acci-dents.
The response should take account or the Offshcre Power Systens adjudication now pending before the Com::is-sion, which directly presents the issue of possible con-sideration of Class 9 accidents in connection with environ-
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It is conceivable that in rasponse'to Three Mile Island or OPS, the Cc=issicn. wil2.
,.r.cdify cr alter the pclicy represented by.the Carclina
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Dear P'. Hendrie,
This letter is in response,to the recent notice of a.railability of the Final Inviron= ental Statement for the Greene County Nucl-Power Pb t.(United States Nuclear Regula.tery com=icsion Dockett No. 50-549).
The recent Statement of policy by the Nuclear Regula. tory Co=nission on the Reactor Sa.fety Study (Ja.nuary 19,1979) raises several. cuestions z' bout nuc1"-
re.acter safety. Friends of the Earth is concerned atout the N3C's ow-findings a
on the possibility of a =uelear reacter accident. The S at.e=ent of Poli.cy states:
The Cc=nission accepts the Review Group Repert's c==clusion tha.t.
absolute values of the risks presented by nSH-1C should not be er used un:ritica.11y either in the rerula. tory process.sfer public policy p=pses a=d has taken and will continue to take steps to assu: as that jj any such use Ln the past wi11 he corrected as appropriate. In pa=-
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tienb r,. in light of the Review Group c nclusi=ns en accident p=ch-abilities, the Cc
'ssion does not regard as reli='"' e the Rea.cter Sa.fety Study's nu=e-ical esti= ate of the overall risk of react==
accident.
.Y_ ends of the Earth requests that the Cc--4 ssion's Oafice of Nn= !. ear Rea: tor Reg :lation respond to the. criticis:s of the Review Group Rep-t on
.nSR-1400 as they apply to the Greene Ccunty Nuclear Pla=t. In prtiet:L_r, w:.2.t would be the e en :i: an radiobiological effects of a Class 9 a=-4 dent d
en the s=rcunding area. a.ni local population? An adde:d= to the EIS :culd be in c:nplia.n=e with Title 10 Chapter 1, Sectic 51.26 of the Code of Fader:.1 Reg :'.a.tions, which notes:
The final envir:nnental i=pe.t statement will ns.ke s. neaningf:2 reference to the existence of any respnsible.cypsi:s viev =ot adequa.telf dis-cussed in the draft environ = ental statement indicating the response to the issues raised..
In addition the Council c Invironmenta.1 t.u.11ty fi- = 7 reg,'-tic =s for he i=planenta. tion of prec~edural p =visic s of the Na. tic--' 7-virennental 3:licy Act (Fe 3 gister, Volu:e 43, No. 230, Sectic: 1502 9 (c)) require u-agencies to:
prepare supple:ents to either draft er final envirn== ental i=pa.ct statements if... (ii) There are significant new ci== stances, er '
inic=atica relevant to envire ---M c:ncerns a.i bearing en the prepsed action or its impacts.
It appears, therefore, t.'at under the Natienal Invi-en= ental poli.cy Ant, the Greene 0:enty FIS is inadequate. The pessible sig?.ificant envi_o=e:-e -- ir. pact
=f a. Class 9 a::ident sas ret dis:..ssed based en the C.S'i-1C findin.ps of in-finites'--11y s:a.11 proba.bility of cecurence. Since the U30 ::w ad-its t 2,t -he c'/.SE ~.40 proba.tility esti a.tes are unrelia.ble, we =ust insist that us:ier NIpA, vf.i:h requires a. th: rough en-*.ation cf all pszible enviren= ental i; pacts, the 0:eene 0:enty FIS nus discuss in detail the effects of the cecurence of a. Cl s2 91::iden.. Failure to discuss these effects leaves the FIS f.' tally defici.cnt under the Izw.
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Friends of the Earth also requests that a supplenen 're prepa. red for the '[d' 4' "'-b IIS for r.ot-M.'
f=11c,.i=g nuclear plants, or that a justificatics be git *-
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- 1) Pil.rin, U=it 2, Plymouth Csunty, 2:-ji;
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- 2) Watts 3arr, Units 1 and 2, Spring City, Te==esr.ee
- 3) Waterford, U:it 3, St. C'.arles ?arish h
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- 4) 3yren Station, Units 1 and 2, Rockrale, IL
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- 5) 3:aidweed St2.tien, Usits 1 and 2, Reed, IL G
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- 6) San Onofre, Units 2 and 3, San Cle: ente, CA
- 7) rellow Creek, Units 1 and 2. Tishosingo County, Mi W -E ppi
- 8) Ia sall U=its 1 and 2, La. salle County, IL 3y delineating the effects of a Class 9 accident, the Office of Nuclear Regulatic:,.ould follow the Cc =issica's stated i:tentic:
s= ting any er :necus reliance on the WASH-140 study a=d wouli '"' '
'a- "-date of the 1:ational Enviren=ent2.1 Policy Act.
Thank you very =uch for.your censide ation.
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