ML19322E081
| ML19322E081 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 01/21/1980 |
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| To: | Hickey C Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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l Mr. Clarence R. Hickey, Jr.
U.S. Nuc1 car Regulatory conenission Of fice of Nucicar Rcactor Regulation Division of Site Safety end Environnental Analysis
- ?cchington, D. C. 20555 Pe=r C14rence:
I.n' ppy to inform you that the paper you cub.aitted for our conside.arian has been selected for presentation at the 1980 meeting of the Northeast Division of the Ancrican Fisheries Society in New York.
An advance copy of the fisheries portion of the pro ram is enclosed.
s This will let )ou know the date end approximate time for rhich your pre-rrntation~is scheduled and will also give you the name cf the Session
- Chairman, k'e are allotting 30 ninutes for each paper -- 20 ninutes for the actual presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. You should alert your Session Chairman if you need nore or less time. 'Ihis will permit appro-priate adjustment in the program to keep it on schedule.
The Program Corsittee has developed the following guidelines for consideration by all program participants.
First, do not bore the ao.liance with a detailed rehash of standard nethods, gear or methods of analysis that nost have heard before.
Second, your presentation should be well organized and rehearsed beforehand. l'ake certain that the inost i.. ort. int points or highli hts of your paper receive proper er.phasis.
L Third, illustrative raterial, cspecially tables and figures, should be
- e.. f ally prepared, cleer :-nd readable.
Don't include so much data that slides are difficult to read or understand.
Please plan on having all of your graphs, charts, tables and other visual aids reproduced on '45 m:n slides. Past experience has proved that this approach is superior to use of overhead projectors. Other projection equipment will be available for special needs.
Fourth, your Sessior. Chairnan will rigorously enforce the tine limit for presentations to provide a smooth, comfortably paced pro-gram that should hold the attention of your audience.
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)'oll. ing past ' policy of t he !!ortheut Divi, ion AFS and because of the
., nse, fi,Leries w : ions.the Program Ceritt ee will not publish papers given atthe Ue vill, twevar, prepare a good set of abst racts for g<aeral distribution.
Plc.se let me know as soon as p~ossible if you are unable to present ye ir paper or ccnnot have it presesented by an associate.
Uc -is e it., pressed by the overall quality of papers which hcve been ecc pted and think that ippiociate your interestthe program will be excellent.
We sincerely pation.
in the raceting and look forward to your partici-Please call me at 518-457-5698 if you have any questions Sincerely,
&L Ju14 Proul C. Tieth 1980 Program Coimittee Co -Chaire.an Northeast Division, American Fis!. :-ries Society a C::/ja T.nclosure 9
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c The !!on-Radiological Consequen es to the Aquatic Biota and Fis'heries of the Susquehanna River from the 1^79 Accident at Three Mile Island flucit-ctation Clarence R. Hickey, Jr.
Robert B. Santorth Office of fluclear Reactor Regulation U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 ABSTRACT The non-radiological consequences to the aquatic biota and fisheries of the Susquehanna River from the March 28, 1979 accident at Three Mile Island Nuclear Station were assessed through the post-accident period of July 1979.
Thermal and chemical discharges during the period did not exceed required effluent limitations.
Several million gallons of treated ir.dustrial waste effluents were released into the river which were not of unusual volumes compared with normal operation and were a very small proportion of t'he seasonally high river flows.
The extent and relative location of the effluent plume were defined and the fishes known to have been under its imediate influence were identif'ied, including rough, foragt, and predator / sport fishery species.
E Published under the same title by the authors as USNRC Technical Report, NUREG-0596, November 1979, 98 pages.
Available from: USNRC, Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
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increases in faunal abundance and species composition occurred, as did the enset of the fish spawning season in April with peaks of ichthyoplankton abundance in May and June, post-accident recreational fishing patterns in the vicinity of Three Mile Island departed from hist,orical trends.
Fishing appeared to partially shift emphasis from the reservoir proper near the nuclear station to other areas, especially downstream. Anglers fished relatively less in the reservoir and returned greater proportions of their catches than during any corresponding time period within the previous five years. This was most notable during April when anglers returned an unprecedented 100% of their catches.
With time following the accident, the patterns of recreational fishing returned to normal or near-normal.
Several generic aspects of this investigation are discussed, including: the occurrence of the accident with respect to the t,fological season, and the ability to detect an impact; data availability and data needs for assessment; and the application of these non-radiological findings for radiological impact assessment.
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