ML19308B681
| ML19308B681 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 12/13/1979 |
| From: | Gossick L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Schweiker R SENATE |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8001160647 | |
| Download: ML19308B681 (8) | |
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.: i:d d Docket No. 50-320 The Honorable Richard S. Schweiker United States Senate Washington, D.C.
20510
Dear Senator Schweiker:
We are pleased to respond to your request for infomation concerning the letter you received from Wayne L. Anderson relating to the financial and health effects of the Three Mile Island accident.
Because Mr. Anderson's letter was dated June 7,1979 but was only referred to the Comission by the Department of Energy on August 30,1979, staff from our indemnity group thought the Andersons should be contacted by telephone to infom them cf the procedures that have been followed in connection with claims arising out of the Three Mile Island accident.
Basically, they were infomed that the only class of claims that the insurance pools have been allowed by the Federal District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania to pay are claims for lost wages and claims for evacuation incurred by pregnant women, pre-school age children and their families living within a five-mile radius of the Three Mile Island plant. We indicated to Mrs. Anderson that payment of a claim submitted to the insurance pools would depend as would payment of all other claims, on the decision made by the court.
The very small dose of radiation that was received by people in the area came from radioactive gases that escaped from the auxiliary building.
The average dose of radioactivity received by the population within 50 miles of THI was approximately 4 millirems. The maximum exposure to any individual was less than 100 millirems, which is less than the yearly dose each person receives as a result of natural background radiation.
Doses at these levels result in less than one health effect over the lifetime of all people in this area, including pregnant women and babies in their wombs.
With regard to Mr. Anderson's coment concerning the possible future operation of THI-1, the Comission has ordered that a public hearing be conducted to detemine whether the facilit,y should be operated and, if so, under what conditions restart of TMI Unit I would take place. Prior 8 o01160 GY7 R
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e-The Honorable Richard S. Schweiker to start of the hearings, the NRC staff will conduct a review of technical information concerning the restart of Unit 1.
As part of this review, the NRC staff will conduct meetings with the licensee in the presence of the public and the public will be given the opportunity to raise questions and to make statements. During the hearing the technical issues which are appropriate to assure the public health and safety will also be addressed. In addition, the Hearing Board may consider the psychological impact of future operations on the nearby comunities.
With regard to Mr. Anderson's concern about the discharge of contaminated water into the Susquehanna River, to date no highly contaminated water from within the Unit 2 containment or primary system has been processed or released. Prior to any processing or release, Metropolitan Edison will receive a detailed review by the NRC in order to ensure that liquid waste processing and disposal or discharge operations will be within the limits specified in our regulations. All of the written material associated with this review will be made available to the public.
(An example of the type of evaluations that will be performed is that prepared by the NRC staff concerning the use of EPICOR-II to process contaminated water from the auxiliary building. This assessment addresses only the processing water and not the disposal of water. Prior to disposal another assessment will be prepared to evaluate the alternative means for disposal of the decontaminated water. A copy of the Environmental Assessment is enciesed foryourinformation.)
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i The Honorable Richard S. Schweiker United States Senate Washington, D.C.
20510
Dear Senator Schweiker:
We are pleased to respond to your request for information concerning the letter you received from Wayne L. Anderson relating to the financial and health effects of the Three Mile Island accident.
Because Mr. Anderson's letter was dated June 7,1979 but was only referred to the Comission by the Department of Energy on August 30,1979, staff from our indemnity group thought the Andersons should be contacted by telephone to infom them of the procedures that have been followed in connection with claims arising out of the Three Mile Island accident.
Basically, they were informed that the only class of claims that the insurance pools have been allowed by the Federal District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania to pay are claims for lost wages and claims for evacuation incurred by pregnant women, pre-school age children i
and their families living within a five-mile radius of the Three Mile Island plant. We indicated to Mrs. Anderson that payment of a claim submitted to the insurance pools would depend as would payment of all other claims, on the decision made by the court.
The very small dose of radiation that was received by people 6 the area came from radioactive gases that escaped from the auxiliary building.
The average dose of radioactivity received by the population within 50 miles of TMI was approximately 4 millirems. The maximum exposure to any individual was less than 100 millirems, which is less than the yearly dose each person receives as a result of natural background radiation.
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