ML19322E063
| ML19322E063 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 04/02/1979 |
| From: | Profio A CALIFORNIA, UNIV. OF, SANTA BARBARA, CA |
| To: | NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| NUDOCS 8003170113 | |
| Download: ML19322E063 (1) | |
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DEPARTbtENT or C1(Eht! CAL AND SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA 93!O6 NUCLEAR ENGINEERINC o
April 2,
1979 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555
Dear Sirs:
It would be a service to the residents near the Three-Mile Island nuclear plant, as well as to science, to establish the doses received and the subsequent medical history.
I am sure that NRC and other agencies are measuring the dosec rates and contamination around the plant after the accident.
However, I would urge that the external dose actually received by people be reconstructed from the dates and times they were at certain locations, and whether or not they were indoors or outdoorss.while their memories are still frcsh. Also, internal doses should be measured by whole-body and thyroid scans before I-131 and other short-lived isotopes have decayed.
The people who might have been exposed or were exposed should be interviewed as to age, sex, family history of cancer, smoking, occupation, etc. and then followed over the next 20 years-say to determine if there was indeed an excess number of cancers developed compared to a control population. Pregnant women should be followed to determine if the was any increase in frequency of birth defects. Although the exposures are apparently quite low, they are above routine levels, and this population if carefully studied may advance the knowledge of the biological effects of radiation such as the radium dial painters and atomic bomb survivors did.
Sincerely, M4 A.
Edward Profi Ph.D.
Professor of Nuclear Engineering 1
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