ML19270J024
| ML19270J024 | |
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| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 10/24/1979 |
| From: | Daniel D HOUSE OF REP. |
| To: | Gossick L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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Mr. Lee Gossick Executive Director of Operations Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.
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Dear Mr. Gossick:
This is in further reference to our inquiry in behalf of Approach Fish, Inc.
Enclosed is copy of a letter we have received from Mr. Keel cor aenting on your response to our inquiry.
We would appreciate your addressing the points he raises.
With kind regards and best wishes, Very sincerely,/
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f Mr. Terry C. Hoye Legislative Assistant for Dan Daniel, District of Va.
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Vashington, D.C.
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Dear Mr. Hoye:
'1"aank you for your August 20, 1979 letter including the res'ponse that you received from the Nuclear ggulatory Comission concerning our kite ane::x> meter.
I have waited until nov to 24spond in order to have infomation available con-
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cerning the interco=parison experiment that we participated in, in Boulder, Colorado.
.V The letter from Lee Gossick, Executive Director of Operations for the Nuclear I
Reg'tlatory Comission, was in n:y opinion somewhat incessplete and misleading in that it does not dir..tly address some of the critical issues that we are bringing up
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in our suggestion that further micro =eteorological data at power plants be G
I Before going into that, I vill say that the data from Boulder is not re quired.
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able to be officially released,I can only say at this time that the data ve collected to that data at this time.
was in very close agreement with the reference tower that was there and that the men" from the Nuclear Regulatory Comission that reviewed the data agreed that we 3
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eertainly measured the vinds as accurately as any other systems that vere available.
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.s The questions that I feel Mr. Gossick has not adequately. addressed has to do vith the crucial importance of accurate data on radiat'ida dispersion in the event
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Had the Three Mile Island accident been more severe, great of another accident.
disaster could have been certed had accurate information on the vinds been
. ti My conversations with the various agencies that were responsible available.
for collecting and evaluating data indicate that there was in fact a failure on the part of the Ruelear Regulatory Commission to obtain meaningful data that vould in fact protect the public in the event of a more serious radiation Mr..Gossiek notes that other a:ethods of developing infomatien of dispersion.
It is useful to knov this type are availab'.e. including tovers and bslloons.
that the balloons were use4 at Three Mile Island but they are not altogether satisfactory in that they have limitations in terms of manpower and the type It is further noted that towers are valuable of data they are able to collect.The tower is dependent on the availability of electricity whic sources of data.
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Approach Fish, Inc.
Rt.1 Box 620B Ringgold Virginia 24586 804/793-2828
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'f',' note that the TALA equipment described to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is able l
The data it collects M,ts be operated completely remotely by a minir.ru of technicians.
- ).7 is ecutinuous and particularly invaluable to the analytical techniques that are presently being used for developing vind charset8ristic studies around nucles.r Y
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I realiae that so ne of the languasge I am using concerning the necessity for
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- E. obecting data at nuelaar sites is extreme in its attempt to state the seriousness I ar.nse that tsiless the magnitude of the problem is made clear by h,ci'theproblem.
Nthis type of language. there is a potential for not pursuing to the fullest data that would be invaluable in the event of another accident.
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' ' *E. ' t, T vill be the first MS to admit that our equipment has limitations and drawbacks l
J,. ss,it applies to the seeasurement 1. hat we are requesting. The maio dravba.ek is the i
- fset that we cannot measure vinds love:- than approximately 8 m.p.h.
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Ihald state that there are three major considerations that need to be brought to
.N2. ' light and dealt with. 1) Every remote sensor for measuring vinds in this apoliestion
'2) If readte' asesors are not made available that are easily M'# has major aravtacks.
' M ' transportable and'able to be operated on their own power, there may dev,elop an infor-nation gap that vo'uld cause 6reat problems in the event of a serious accident.
Q.1).Ehe is:portance of collecting microweteorological data in the event of a nuclear l
. -radiation Jeak demand that all poss'tble and reasonable efforts be made to colleet pertinent data. Simply stated, la serious accident cay require evacuation of an
,estire large populatiou. It vould be unreasonable to expect them to evacuate into
'!t Jah. area of unknown radiation content. '!herefore. vithout this data, great confusion I
[*-h Vill continue to reign 'in the event of further accidents.
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I am uncertain as to.the precise nature of help that Dan Daniel vould be able 3
, l'. t6 provide in this area. I obviously have a, vested interest in seeing our equipment My feeling is that Dan Daniel as a representative I-
.*:1g 'use,d for the proposed application.inf-the people of the United States, is less interested in the and mare interested fh the safety of the people he represents. Any efforts on his t
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,Cosetission dad indicating his interest in this type of data vould be useful. The A fact that our equipment is the only equipment that has the capabilities and flexi-t
'h.ilities needed vill cause the end users eventually to come back to us.
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,.,,.;.i' If a meeting seens a reasonable way to expedite these matters,1 vould look forward to the opportunity of meeting with you.
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