ML19289C631

Statement by Citizens Against Nuclear Dangers in Support of Petition to Intervene Re Const Permits

ML19289C631
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	01/05/1979
From:	CITIZENS AGAINST NUCLEAR DANGERS
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ML19289C629	List: ML19289C628 ML19289C631
References
NUDOCS 7901220009
Download: ML19289C631 (2)

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• F.I CIT!'Z'!S AGAINST NU 1,IAR Z:GERS,

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%v o (s\Q Serving as a public interest ad hoc group to enuncist G taA49encerns '

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of =any cititens living in reistive 01330 ;rcxicity to al % 7b4 Orli

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protect these people from the risk of nuclear danEers, that :le-.qa-sei -r as a result of the oper6 tion of the Applicants' ato:ic power plant, Determined to intervene in the interest of public health and safety, The Citi: ens A Esinet Nuclear OanEers bereby alle6e, contend, and aver the followin6:

'fb e re a s , rather than tryin$ to co=e to grips with the monumental ~ ~ ~ ~

problems a ssociated with an emer6ency evacuatien in the event of an atomic accident at the Sales Township site or elsewhere, the atomic industry has procrastinated and resorted to labeling criticias of the inadequate evacuation plans and procedures as " scare tactics,"

Ybereas, the patbetic local civil defense system of reporting

, ato:1c accidents lacks adequate instru=ents to track rad 3 _Jtivity

. ved beyond the Salem Townsbip a.to:1c plant site, thereby jeopardi:ing the bealth and safety of everycne in a fifty mile radius, but especially the classes of people identified below.

Therefore, the Applicants' emergency evacuation plans car.not be accepted or approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Co==issien unless and until they are revised to include realistic logistical transportation assistance for the tens of thcusands of hospitalized and institutionalized persons in nursing bemes and = ental treat =ent facilities, as well as the ;bysically and centally bandicapped wittin a fifty sile radius of Sale- Township; .

T5erefore, the yederal and state agencies designated to carry out the Interagency Radiological Assistance ?lan and the yederal ?reparedness Agency of the General Services Administration, et al. should be directed by the Nuclear ReEulatory Cos=1ssion to provide ambulance and otter specialized transportation for the cla sses of citizens =entioned a bove, in the event of an ate:ic accident and hiEt level radioactive relseae frc: the Sale: Townstip ste:ic plant; Therefore, to exclude provisions fer the s;ecial tran s;crtatice needs of tDe infir:. the elderif, ani tte nandi:a;;et, e:, in ins A;;11: ant s ' e:ergency evacuatien plans is innu ste and an une:n sci:natie cut. age. It tnreatens to deprive ;nese residents of life, li;+-t .ni

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ses, un en stituti:n:lly, une:ual ;r:te: .:- cf tne law end an unfair burden en tne: as c;;osed to a:1e-boditi :iti: ens -::

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Servic6 as a public interest ad hoc group to enunciate the concerns 9 of =any citizens living in relative close preni=ity to Sale Township, 3elieving that the Eovernment bas thus far failed to adecuately protect these people frc: tte risk of nuclear da:6ers, ttat :130t oc:ur as a result of the operation of the Applicanta ato:1c power plant, Deter =ined to intervene in the interest of public health and safety, the Citizens Against Nuclear Oangers bereby alleEe, contend, and aver the following:

Wbereas, the =ajor Applicant has been conductin6 =eteorolo61 cal

=enitoring and aquatic surveys as pa rt of a pseudo-environ = ental surveillance pro 6ra: for the past several years at or near the Sale:

Townstip atonic power plant site, as a prerequisite to operating that facility; Whereas, these scientific projects are viewed by the interveners as a transparent atte=pt by the Applicants to build their defenses assinst the inevitable char 6es that the Applicants will be polluting the envirens of Sale: Township and the Susquehanna River in the future; Whereas, the need to scientifically evaluate the ef fects of low-level radiation on bu=ans is far :ure in;ortant then :erely conitorin6 its effects on wildlife; Vbereas, the Applicants have, unfortunately, thus far failed to conduct radiation studies on people living nearby to determine the disease causin61 pacts the Sale: Townstip ate:ic facility would eventually have over a period of thirty years c busan populations; Th e re fo re , as a reascnable and necessary precautien, the "uclear Regulatory Oc::ission seculi direct the A;;11: ants, in en,*uncticn with the I?A, and tue yennsylvania "epart:ents of Iducation and of Health to co= ence with systematic hu:an physical exasinations e= ploying the =cs; advanced =edical technology to study the link betwesen low-level radiati n and disease, such as cancer, en tte tu:an intatitants cited herein; Therefo.e, all pre-s:t cl and s:tec; age : ildren througn -he senior tigt s: noci, residing within a fifty =ile radius of tne Sale:

si.e, seculd be af f .-dei a :edi::117 a;;.:ved rsdisit:n :S e :2- ; :n an annual basis beginning dith t:is s:::ci year; 7:eref re. Octile ::-it: ring :1'nies, staffed t, sta + 2 10-

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