ML19322D983
| ML19322D983 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 02/28/1980 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Sears S AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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| Download: ML19322D983 (2) | |
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FEBRl!ARY t 81990 g' )S DOCOM M POOR QUN Mr. Scott Sears P. O. Box 155 Kimberton, Pennsylvania 19442
Dear Mr. Sears:
Thank you for your letter expressing your concern about the discharge of water from the Three Mile' Island nuclear station into the Susquehanna River and the availability of documents related to TMI.
I regret that this answer has been delayed.
The accident and its consequences 'have created a substantial increase in the agency's workload, which has prevented us from responding to you as promptly as we would have liked.
Except for releases of liquids containing only low or nondetectable levels of radioactivity to the Susquehanna River, the release of contaminated water is not currently pemitted.
Before such releases take place, the impact will be evaluated by the NRC and the evaluation will be made available to the public.
By this course of action, we will assure that a thorough assessment is completed prior to release of the contaminated liquids and that the health and safety of the offsite population will be protected.
As a result of releases containing only low or nondetectable levels of radio-activity, the levels of radioactivity in the Susquehanna are indistinguishable from existing background levels at public water supply intakes from the river.
These levels have been confinned by independent measurements made by the NRC, the Environmental Protection Agency, ar.:! the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
With regard to your request for infomation about TMI, all current infomation about the accident and its availability are listed in " Title List of Publicly Available Documents: Three Mile Island - Docket 50-320" (NUREG-0568), its revision, NUREG-0568, Revision 1, and SJpplement 1 to Revision 1.
These title lists can be obtained for $4.50, 55.50, and S4.00, respectively, from the follow-ing address:
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Mr. Scott Sears Publication Sales Manacer Document Mar.agement 3 ranch U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Washington, DC 20555.
All doctsnentation concerning the purging prccess is also available at NRC's Three Mile Island Public Document Room located in the Government Publication Section, Education Building (at Comonwalth and Walnut Streets), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17126 (telephone (717) 787-3752).
I am pleased to provide you with this infon ation.
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A Harold R. Denton, tirector Cffice of Nuclear Feactor Regulation i
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