ML19322C219
| ML19322C219 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 12/26/1979 |
| From: | Goldsmith R NRC OFFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT |
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| TASK-OS, TASK-RH-902-8 NUDOCS 8001160638 | |
| Download: ML19322C219 (3) | |
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DEC 2 61979 NOTE T0: Document Control Room 016 FROM:
Robert Goldsmith, RHSB Office'of Standards Cevelopment Please place the attached document in the PDR using the following file and file points:
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Federal Register Notice SD Task No.
RH 902-8 NUREG Report-Contract No.
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RHS3 INFORMATION REPORT d5: UPDATE ON TMI HEALTH RESEARCH STUDIES
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G. H. Smith, Region I J. T. Sutherland, Region II A. B. Davis, Region III G. D. Brown, Region IV H. E. Book, Region V W. J. Dircks, Director, NMSS H. R. Denton, Director, NRR V. Stello, Director, IE S. Levine, Director, RES H. K. Shapar, Director, ELD N. M. Haller, Director, MPA R. G. Ryan, Director, SP J. J. Fouchhrd, Director, OPA R. B. Minogue, Director, SD X. R. Goller, DIR':SHSS:SD I. C. Roberts, AD:SGSS:SD P. Comella, ChiefiSDSB:SD L. L. Beratan, Chief:SSSB:SD E. F. Conti, Chief:EPSB:SD R. A. Purple, AD:RHSS:SD 1
R. E. Alexander, Chief:0HSB:SD W. B. Brown, Acting Chief:SGSB:SD M. A. Parsont, Chief:RHSB:SD G. A. Arlotto, DES:SD W. M. Morrison, AD:GES:SD W. F. Anderson, Chief:SCSB:SD E. C. Wenzinger, Chief:RSSB:SD J. A. Norberg, Chief:EMSB:SD R. M. Bernero, AD: MSS:SD X. G. Steyer, Chief:FPSSB:SD R. J. Jones, Chief:TPSB:SD PDR OPE l
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RHSB INFORMATION REPORT #5: UPDATE ON TMI HEALTH RESEARCH STUDIES On December 11th and 12th, the third meeting of the TMI Advisory Panel on f
Health Research Studies was held in Harrisburg, Pa. The panel, which was appointed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, reviewed the progress
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of ongoing studies sponsored by the Department, and considered the advisa-bility of performing several proposed new studies.
H. Arnold Muller, MD, the new Secretary of Health for Pa., informed the panel that projects such as cytogenetic studies and long-tenn follow-up of residents would require i
substantial justification of their scientific validity and practical signi-ficance (with particular application to radiation-induced health effects)
. before he would ask the Pennsylvania legislature for financial support.
The status of the five major studies now underway is as follows:
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Poculation Reaistry: This census of residents living within five miles of TMI is essentially complete. Computerization of data is expected to be finished by the end of January.
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Health Behavior Imoact Study: Unc$r 9e direction of Peter S. Houts, Ph.D., of tne Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, telechone interviews were conducted with 692 residents who lived within five miles o f TMI. Additional data were collected in the NRC socioeconomic study.
A preliminary regression analysis indicated that reportad distress was greater for females and for younger respondents. An inverse correlation with distance from the site was noted (i.e., more distress closer to the plant), although the correlation was slightly greater for residents living 6-10 miles from the plant than for those living 0-5 miles from the plant.
This difference is not especially striking, and the more in-depth analyses, uncerway, may elucidate the reasons for this observed effect.
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Mental Health Study: Dr. Evelyn 3romet of Western Psychological Institute is conducting an interview study with three subgroups of people in the TMI area. Mental health status (current and as of April,1980) will be ccmpared with similar groups living near the Beaver Valley Nuclear Station.
The tnree study gmups are mothers of young children, mental health system clients, and unionized TMI workers. The first round of interviews should be ccmpleted by the end of January.
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pregnancy Outcome Study: This study is a continuation of an investiga-tion of pregnancy outcome, conducted over the past five years by Dr.
George Tokuhata, Director of Health Research for the Pennsylvania Depart-ment of Healdi. Since the accident, there have been some 2400 obstetric patients identified from the eleven participating hospitals servicing the ten-mile radios area. About 1200 interviews have now been completed, and preliminary results indicate that, based on the previous study, neonatal deaths have not been more frequent titan expected.
In other proceedings, proposed cytogenetic studies were not recommended by the panel based on the lack of a scientific basis for such studies. A proposed study of growth and development of children born around the time of the accident is under consideration. There was considerable discussion on the lack of baseline data for health studies of populations living near nuclear facilities, but no action or suggestions to accumulate such data were recommended.
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