ML19321A588
| ML19321A588 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 06/19/1980 |
| From: | Mebus C PENNSYLVANIA, COMMONWEALTH OF |
| To: | Ahearne J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| NUDOCS 8007230686 | |
| Download: ML19321A588 (6) | |
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Dear Mr. Ahearne:
Enclosed is a copy of House Resolution No.185, adopted by the House of Representatives on April 29, 1980 and concurred by the Senate on June 17, 1980.
This Resolution is sent to you for your consideration as per the direction contained in said Resolution.
truly yours, harles F. Mebus Chief Cleri-l CFM:mvg l
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AS PEPORTED FRCE CC25!!!!E CN FEDER AL-STATE ?!LATIONS, HOUSE OF FIPRESENTATIVES, 15 AE'NDEt, MARCH 26, 1980
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In the House of Representatives, February 26, 1980
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1 WHEREAS, on 5 arch 28, 1979, a nuclear accident occurred at
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2 the Unit 2 plant on Three Mile Island (TEI-2) which has been 3
identified as the wcrst accident in the history of cocmercial
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WREREAS, This accident caused extrete damage to the reactor 6
core std to equipment at the facility; and 7
WHEREAS, As a result of this accident, volumes of radioactive 8
fission products are contained within the reacter centainment 9
tuildi:q and the auxiliary and fuel handling buildings;
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10 including approximately 650,000 gallons of highly contaminated ycs 11 water in the centainment building; and approximately 425,000
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in heen cleaned thus far; and 15 WHEREAS, There also exists about "',000 57,000 curies of
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W HIE Z15, Officials of the trcuoled reactor have not been in the contains*Et building since tefore the accident to inspect, 3
a service or replace the pessibly damaged equipment used to 5
sonitor the reactor coolant system and the reactor core; and 6
WHERIAS, The THI-2 facility was designed, constructed and
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nuclear vaste depcsitory; and 9
W9ZEI AS, The status of the situation at T5!-2 vill remain Y
10 velatile and the stability of the reacter core mill remain 11 uncertain until the radicagtive fission products are removed 12 from the site; and 13 WHEHI15, This situatica presents a potential health hazard to
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la both residents of the area and workers at the site; and 15 WHERIAS, The decentaminaticn of THI-2 is inevitable and delay E-- -
16 sill serve to deteriorate the situation at the site and to 17 increase the potential for a sajor release of radioactive
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. 18 satcrial feca the site, thus perpetuating a potential radiation
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24 EHERIAS, In order to insure the health and safety of the (h;
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26 plant site, the decentaminatics of this facility should proceed 27 as soon as possible and the centasitated water, nuclear vaste
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29 and noble gases shculd be properly disposed and/or removed from 29 this site and placed in storage or disposal facilities 30 specifically designed and licensed for that purpose; therefore
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RESCLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
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3 cf the Commonwealth cf Pennsylvania respectfully memorializes
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Nuclear Pegulatory consissio'n to rapidly formulate critena 6
shich will be used as guidelines for the decontamination of T5!-
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7' 2 and that these guidelines be developed to insure that the best 8
available technclogy will be utilized which maximites public and 9
worker safety and mininizes the risk f or any potential radiation 10 emergency problem; and be it further 11 PZSCLVED, That once these guidelines are established, the 12 Ccanonweal.th of Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the Nuclear
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13 Fegula tory Commission, is directed to undertake a campaign Su designed :o educate the public cn the decortanisation process so
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15 that they may gain a better understanding of what this process 16 invcives and why these guidelines are sufficient to insure 17 public health and safety; and be it further
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?!SCLVID, Th at ccpies of this resolutics be f orwarded to the
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United States, to the President of the United States and to each EE~"
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-26 United States of APerica, TC THY CH AIBE1N 07 THE NUCLEAR 27 PEGULATORY COMMISSICN AFD TO TEZ HOUS3 SUSCCEEITTE! ON ENIBGY
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I Dated at Washington, D.C. this
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i SERVICE LIST John F. Wolf, Esq.
George F. Trowb' ridge, Esq.
3409 Shepherd Street Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Torwbridge Chevy Chase, Maryland 20015 1800 M Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20036 Li.. Oscar H. Paris Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mr. Steven C. Sholly U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission 304 South Market Stree.t Washington,~D.C.
20555 Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055 Mr. Frederick J. Shon Mr. William A. Lochstet Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 119 East Aaron Drive U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission State College, Pennsylvania 16801 Washington, D.C.
20555 Dr. Judith E. Johnsrud Counsel for NRC Staff Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Office of the Executive Legal Director 433 Orlando Avenue i
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Cotamission State College, Pennsylvania 16801 Washington, D.C.
20555 Karin W. Carter, Esq.
Metropolitan Edison Company Assistant Attorney General ATTN:
Mr. J.3. Herbein Dept. of Environmental Resources Vice President P.O. Box 2357 P.O. Box 542 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Reading, Pennsylvania 19603
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