ML19309E947
| ML19309E947 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 04/16/1980 |
| From: | Molholt B PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CTR OF PHILADELPHIA |
| To: | Vollmer R NRC - TMI-2 OPERATIONS/SUPPORT TASK FORCE |
| References | |
| RTR-NUREG-0662, RTR-NUREG-662 NUDOCS 8004250378 | |
| Download: ML19309E947 (6) | |
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{{#Wiki_filter:. fHogV.S K. GILHoot ] PUSUC INTEREST LAW CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA CHitF CoVN$lt EtlC 1. E. BELLtt MICHAEL CHURCHILL ELIAS 3. COHEN FRANK FINCH lli ANTHONY E. JACK 5oN Of8otAH KAPLAN' s H,#8'3tf N 1315 WALNUT ST,16th FL., PHILA.19107 215. PE 5 7200 KAfZ 3, g j,, LYNN C. MALMGREN F. JOHN HAGELE PRATHER RANDLE EDWIN D. WOLF JAME3 J. RAGGlo CHAlfMAN oF THE toARD EXICUilvt DIRECfot 1974 1976 Alltti J. $ LAP EDWAAD A. $fUTMAN david o. Davis 16 April 1980 ADMINi$fRAfivt oFFICIA A.. i.... i. c i....., c........,,. D r. Richard H. Vollmer, Director Three Mile Island Support Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 1717 H Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20555 Re: Comments to Environmental Assessment for Venting of TMI-2 Containment Atmosphere.
Dear Dr. Vollme r,
Inadvertantly one section of the appendix, sub -section G, was omitted from our comments to the NRC Environmental Assess - ment for the decontamination of the Three Mlle Island unit 2 reac tor building atmosphere. This is the last sub-section of our appendices and therefore these three pages should be attached to the back. For your convenience, I have also enclosed a cover page for the affidavits and appendices section which will make it easier to utilize. I will "oe sending our comments regarding the second Addendum to the Env.ronmental Assessment to you tomorrow. 2 Yours sincerely, Q*(-{l,.,?,Y ~ Bruce Molholt, Ph.D. for the TMT. Legal Fund Enclosures e 2 copies Affidavit & Appendix cover page 2 copies of AppendbC G. 7 1 SG 8004250378 l l AFFILIATED WITH LAWYERS COMMITTEE FoR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW
4 AFFIDAVITS AND APPENDICES Comments to NRC Environmental As sessment on ThiI-2 Venting Thil Legal Fund (215) 732 - 1923 :c 5 0 X. AFFIDAVITS Nunber of Pages Karl Z. Morgan, Ph.D. 8 Robert W. Colman, Ph.D. 11 XI. APPENDICES A. Psychological Stress 22 B. Atmospheric Testing. 8 C. Fetal Hypothyroidism 7 D. Leaks and Coverups 10 E. NRC Advocacy 8 F. Necessity of Venting 3 G. Decreasing Reconnended Radiation Limits 3
0 0 4 e APPENDIX G DECREASING RECOMMENDED RADIATION LIMITS r
Philcdolphia Incruircr December 5, 1979 GA0 sa.ys cuns 9 on. radiation are inadequate i By Janet Stalhar - r.. WASHINGTON - Federal and state programs to protect the pus;le " Inspection frequency goals varied against excess radiation are disjoint. widely among the states," the GAO ed and frequently ineffective.. the said. "For example, the number of General Accounting Offke (GAO) years between inspections of X ray said yesterday. machines in-physicians' offices
- Despite widespread recognition of ranged from 2 to 10 years."
the haz.irds of radiation there is no On the federal' level..the Occupa-comprehensive program to prottet tional Safety and Health Administa-the public from its hazards,said tion (OSHA) does not view radiation Elmer B. Staats, comptroller general hazard as a high pnority for inspec /cf the GAO, the invesugative arm of tion in the workplace, the GAO said. Congress. In fact.the agency said.0SHA did not ( Staats released a ' GAD study on even know how many of its inspec. radiation control during a heanng of tions ' covered potential radiation a subcommittee of the Senate Gov-dangers. iernmental Affairs Committee. He -rhe 'GAO also said t!.e Nuclear said federal control programs failed Regulatory Commission, which regu-to include many sources of radiation lates certain users of radioactive and often provided " limited protec. matenal, actually ' appeared to have tion"in the areas they did cover. "little authonty" over' state activi-State programs are broader in ties. scope but often lack depth, the GAO The Food and Drug Administra-chief said. The states studied in the tion, which has authonty to regulate report were Califor; iia, Colorado, the manufacturing of medical devic. Massachusetts. Missoitri, North Caro. es contatning radioactive materials, lina Texas.VermontandVirginia. was enticized for not making certain Staats was particularly critical of that corrective measures for defec-it:spection programs.to detect mis-tive equipment were actually carried takes in the amount of radiation out. emitted from medical,X. ray equip. Staats endorsed
- legislation pro-ment..
pcsed by the subcomittee chairman, All eight states in the study do have-Sen. John G'enn (D., Ohio)..that inspectica programs for X. ray ma ' woaM coordensa radiation pro-chines, but only one - North Caroll-gr:ms under two new federal intera-na - met its goals for the frequency gency groups. of checking out the ' equipment in use... -L G-1 i
- 'ancer Society Reports It Finds New York Times Some Detection Tests Unneeded March 21, 1980
.m nrg,, u-, M. pm av,m.,w w..AMERICAWCANCER' SOCIETY GUIDEL .y By ME E.BRODY - - ~ ^ - ' - - - - -- - o c-- - ww The American Cancer Society an. Mcommendation j nounced a sweeping revision yesterday in 'N' te cancer detecuon tests that it has M,*[ I $ ure p ses y pm % e 1 recommended to the general public, LUNG Chest m<ay .. net recomtnenced,. nign nu owsons eliminating some commonly used tests annuady-and drasticany reduc:ng tt e frequency of Soutu.it cytoegy . net recommended. not recommenced otners. The society's new guidennes, intended ggg, g ,,, g g only for people who have t.o symptoms of, gg - canc:r, cre designed to " deliver essen- - go.,zusec ,nnog, Stool W.F over 50 evwy year owsons over 40 tim!y ' be same health benefit as pnytous a society recommendations to thr public at ga gg a greatly reduced cost, nsk and inconven-examinanon tenc3 to the putient," Dr. Satd B. Gus-UTERINE Pactest 4 F, 2046' at isnt berg, president of the socie y wid gyne-wy 3 years
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- 290, overy 3 years annuel New York, said at a press briefing; examinanon
, over 40 evwyyser. same Changela Lung-Test Pdcy Endomanal F at monopeuse' at monopeuse serne neeue semoso The sodety dropped its practice of ad. vising an annual chest X-ray and sputum BREMT steensar-F oww 20 every monin same test for dgarette smokers and others who exammenon might incur lung cancer. Thus far, ac-Breed W F 290 W yens w-cording to a technical report made puhuc exammanon oww 40 eve.y yew name yesterday, on which the society's new F between 35-40 taagne unde *50 consuit personei none l recommendations are based, tese tests I Save not been shown to increase a pa-anyvican tient's chances of survivmg lung cancer. ~ ovw 50 evwy vow even though the tests may detect the dis, { i caseinits early stages. counsdag W.F over 20 overy 3 years "Denodic" The society also changed its recem, , and eancer u,F ovw 40 evwy yew crtecauo' mendat:anof anannualPspsmearof the c:rvix to "at least once every three i ce, wine eo.n se.., e,e nomesa to oew iung w years" for all women ll0 to 65 years old l 2 onw two assi cesesv nemmesore a year sont
- 3 Peo tee cows ano os core n women unoer 20 =no are sexuany ecove.
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- 4 dw fee mens Peo 'ese once a year acert are nesse Mign nie = omen eaud havemore reauent peo teen.
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e is ecces cammenon ear concere or es evoid.' aa-oromeio, o enes, p non naisse, are roeien erio a y vast majority of patients many years to ,,,,,y,, develop cervical cancer from prec=arw-ous lesions. nus, an annual test to detect tbnormalities of the cervix is not neces-sary for mostwomen, the report said. tie acaec tnat anyone with symptoms l I Dr. David M. Eddy, a medical econo. should see a doctor. Possible cancer j jtrosersial breast X-ray, an annual mist at Stanford University, pnpared the sympmms include a change in bowel or i namination is recommendedfor women bladder habits, a sore that does not heal, 'over 50; a single "beseline" X-ray is unusual bleeding or discharge, a thicken. ncommanriad for women between 35 and
- report on the of evaluations by ing or lump in the breast or elsewhere, 40, and X. rays are recommended as often
' medical consultants of the known bece-indigesdon or difficulty in swallowing, ,as advised oy a personal physidan for fits, nsks and costs of the various tesrs - obytous changes in a wart or mole, and a 1 hose under 50. for early cancer detecdon. The experta naggmg coughorhoarseness considered such factors as the ability of Revisions in Detall Clarifying *Perledic' Checkup early detection tests to decnese mortal. Other extensive revisions in the cancer - Preytously, the society had no official sty rates, the costs and hazards of the sodety's recommendations included policy on mammography for the general public, though it applied more restricted tests themselves and their accuracy. these: ne report emphasMed that the final 1Pnvious advice that all men and, guidelines in a nanonal breast cancer do. word on the value of the various tests was women over 40 obtain an annual procto.. tectionstudy. sigmoldoscopic = amination for colon-j The sodety also clarified its pnvious i by no means in but that decisions had to i be made now from the best available evi - nctal cancer has been changed
- ne advice for a " periodic" cancer-related :
~ sodety now advises an araminarann every three to fiveyears for thcoe over 50. 8 checkup and health counseling session. dance. Several changes have Ions.been advo. Such a checkup is now recommended cated by individual cancer speciausts. TIbe recommendation that women once every three years for persons be-over 20 have annual breast araminacons tween 00 and 40 and annually for those but some, such as the advice on Pap has been changert: rramination is now smears, are expected to arouse consider. i. over 40. tble = = % y. recommended every three years for According torthe society, the ammina. - Dr. Gusberg emphasised that the new - 3. (noseunder 40. tion should include checks for cancers of 9For **==g.,2.y, the highly con-the thyroid, testicles, prostate, ovaries. recommendations were merely guide-lines ter the general public, not rules for lympa nodes; mouth and throat, and skin. specific individuals, who "should never" nose an usually done by a physidan ignon the advice of their own doctors. e, G-2 using hands and eyes, rather than with "Persnnal histories, risk factors, objec, spectictests uvee and budgets are different for each of j i us," he said, "and no single mmaa-dation can therefore be fitted to all." i
Philadalphia Inquirer March 21, 1980 Smokers told X rays of chest von't help half dozen studies that such early By Kevin McKean detection does not reduce mortality.' delayed untti age 50. the soctery said. ^ " " " " * " ' Basides. Eddy said. X rays them-and the uncomfortable sigmondosco-selves crrry a small health r sk, and pic examination can be done every NEW YORK - With evidence in. there is " serious risk" of wasted time three to fise years after age 50. creas~.ng that early detecnon does no and money wben tests are" false-post-A6ata, pre cancerous conditions for good in tre.ating lung cancer, the tive," that is, when they indicate a these diseases often exist for years Amencan Cancer Society said yester. cancer where none exists. before cancer develops, according to day that tt no longer recommended in other revtsions,the society: the society. nuttne' annual chest X rays for
- Strengthened its racommenda-
- Stopped recommending only "pe-heavy smokers.
tions for the use of X rays to detect nodic physical checkups forcancer. f The secrety also has revtsed recom-breast cancer. The society previously recommending instead a general mendations for the Pap smeartest foe urged routine annual Xray check. physical every three yes.-s for per-cervical cancer and for tests to deter-ups, called mammograms, for women sons over 20 and every year for per-mine the presence of cancer of the over 50. those over 40 with a family sons over 40. colot, rectum and breast. It did so on history of breast cancer and those the basis of a study by Dr. David Eddy over 35 with a ;:ersonal history, of Eddy said that, paradoxically. It is' possible for cancer tests to appear to of Stanford University of the cost oi prolong.the survival of patients' such tests and their effectiveness. breast cancer. Now it also recom-when actually they don't, 'A statement from Dr. Saul Gusberg. mends a :nammogram at aboutage 35 This happens. he said, when early i the society's national president said for all women and urges women detecnon has no effect on whether a l that the revtsed methods " deliver under 50 to decide with their doctors cancer.can be cured, as appears to be essentially the same health benefit whether to have an annual breast X-the case for lung cancer. Eddy s thesis is this: When a cancer I as the previous recommendations at ray. is discovered earlv th
- Dropped a recommendation for survival seems loni,er e patient's !
t but only cal cancer, recommending instead a; because of the early diagnosis. The ! a greatly red ~uced cost, risk and tn-art annual Pap smear to detect cervi convenience. He cautioned that the new recom-Pap smear every three years for early detection does not necessan!~ '5, prolong life. mendations apply only to those who women aged 20 to 65 and for those do not have symptoms of cancer. under 20 who are sexually active. People with symptoms should see a Eddy said that checkups do not have doctor tmmediately,he said. to be so frequent because most cervi-For lung cancer, the society cal cancer is preceded for five years dropped a recommendation that' or more by a condition called carct-noma-in situ. which the Pap smear people with a higher-than. normal can detects (The Philadelphia siith - risk have an annual chest X ray. ~ -sion of the Amencan Cancer Society "High-nsk" persons'are defined as those 40 or older who are heavy . disagrees with the recommendation smokers or who work with known 00 Pap smears. The divtston s Uter-carcinogens,such as asbestos. ice Cancer Task Force has advised Eddy's study concluded that tests that every. woman have a:t annual for lung cancer, which include spu-pap smear unless her doctor recom-tum cytology, a test based on mucus mends otherwise.) from the lungs. do indeed detect the
- Dropped a recommendatton that disease at an early stage. But he said men and women 40 or older undergo lung cancer was so hard to cure that annual tests for blood in the stool "there actually is evidence from a and an annual examination with a proctostgmotdoscope. an instrument thatlooks for cancer of the colon and rectum. Annual stool tests can be l
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