ML19256F907
| ML19256F907 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Skagit |
| Issue date: | 12/14/1979 |
| From: | Black R NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD) |
| To: | Busch R EVERGREEN LEGAL SERVICES |
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| Download: ML19256F907 (1) | |
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December 14, 1979 Russell W. Busch, Esq.
Attorney for Upper-Skagit Indian Tribe and Sauk-Suiattle Indian Evergreen Legal Services 520 Smith Tower Seattle, WA 98104 In the Matter of Puget Sound Power & Light Company, et al.
(Skagit Nuclear Power Project, Units 1 and 2)
Docket Nos. STN 50-522 and STN 50-523
Dear Mr. Busch:
The NRC Staff previously indicated in its pleadings with respect to the intervention attempt by the Indian Tribes that the Staff would request a geneticisttoevaluatetheradiationimpactofyheproposedSkagitNuclear Indian population.1 As you recall, one of the Power Project on the Skagit issues raised in the petition for leave to intervene filed by the Tribes was that the effects of nuclear radiation would lead to a higher frequency of genetic diseases in Skagit Indians because of a higher incidence of inbreeding than the surrounding population.
Enclosed for your information is the opinion of Dr. Arno G. Motulsky, Director, Center for Inherited Diseases, Univerity of Washington, regarding this concern of the Tribes. His conclusion is that even with a very high rate of inbreeding, the chance for a radiation-induced mutation to manifest itself as a recessive disease is very small.
If you have any questions regarding this evaluation, please let me know.
Sincerely, k
M Richard L. Black Counsel for NRC Staff
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/ encl:
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See e.g., "NRC Staff Response to Indians Brief in Support of Appeal",
dated June 29, 1979, p. 11, n.9.
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