ML19310A955
| ML19310A955 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 03/29/1980 |
| From: | Reed S PENNSYLVANIA, COMMONWEALTH OF |
| To: | Ahearne J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| Download: ML19310A955 (2) | |
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"IfTEPHEN ft. SEED. Mtusta THE CAPITOb NARRISBURG. PENNSYLVAN8A 17120 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMONWEALTH oF PENNSYLVANIA HARRISBURG i
March 29, 1980 Honorable John Ahearne, Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, District of Columbia 20555
Dear Chairman Ahearne,
As you already know, there is considerable opoosition to the present NRC-Metropolitan Edison Company plan to vent radioactive Krypton 85 into the atmosphere around Three Mile Island.
The full effects of low level radiation are not known as yet and the NRC nor Met Ed cannot guarantee the public's health from the exposure you now plan. Moreover, the last thirty years indicates a series of instances wherein " low level radiation expsoures" brought about serious health impact, such as what happened in Utah.
The standards used by the NRC and Met Ed to measure radiation and exposurcs to it have been, in part, discredited by recently released review entitled the Heidelburg Study, and there is therefore doubt as to the accuracy or validity of the Hrypton venting plan's estimates recardina exposure.
There are options to your plan to vent Krypton which have not been explored by independent assessment. I strongly favor having a citizen group dominated independent assessment capa-bility, but to put that fully in place takes' additional time.
In view of your plans vent Krypton beginning in April, I am writing to request that you immediately suspend those plans to allow time for an already in-place independent assess-ment to take place by such a noted group as the Union of Con-cerned Scientists.
I have not ascertained the availability of the Union for this purpose, although a nunber of their members were in Harrisburg this weekend for the TMI rally at the Capitol Complex.
It would not take a great deal of time to " crank up" the Union of Concerned Scientists to get busy on reviewing the 8 0 0 7 0 3 0 Sff d
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. March 29, 1980 Honorable John Ahearne Page Two Krypton 85 venting plan, in contacting them about I would imagine, but there is no point it if the NRC is not willing to suspend its plan now.
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I do believe that independent assessment is important to 2 and the citizen dominated effort,the other phases of decontamin utilizing non-NRC and non-Met Ed personnel and expertise for that purpose, remains an agenda item for me but for now suspension of the venting for Union review purpo,ses is a more immediate need.
I appreciate your consideration of this suggestion.
should be decontaminated,The question is not whether Unit 2's Containment but rather how it will be done.
on that point that local opinion runs strong and independent It is assessment would lend credibility to whatever finnally results, u s sinc rely, STEPH N R.
REED State Representative cc: John Collins i
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