ML19322E095
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| Issue date: | 09/04/1979 |
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Tha Pcxton Her9d, Augu:t 22,1979 Pag) 20 f
Reed Asks Suit'tti Stop TMI Release of Gases & Water; Cites " Incredible" Record of Met Ed in Previous Uncontroll'ed Plant Releases State Rep. Stephen R. outside atmosphere for Reed, citing just re-these companies.
leased Federal reports In the 1970 and 1971 that show uncontrolled releases, no public no-releases of high levelra-tice was given. In 1979, diation happened at oublic notice was de-another nuclear plant layed for hours while operated by Met Ed and ~ radiation beyond maxi-General Public Utili mum measuring limits ties, has asked Gov. was scaping.This mn-Dick Thornburgh and duct is entirely inexcu-the St ite Justice Dept. sable," Reed stated.
to institute suit to pre-Reed asked Thorn-vent any release of ra-burgh to instruct the di,tetive gases and State Justice Dept.to contaminated water file for permanent in-from Three Mile Island. junction or civil suit to Reed said: "On May prevent any radioac-14, 1970, radiation so tive gases or contami-high it exceeded the nated water from being maximum measuring released from TMI. He i
limit of radiation de-also urged that no ra-tectors occurred atthe dioactive wastes, in-i Saxton Nuclear Experi-cluding low-Ievel be dumped in mental Corp. in Bed-wastes,lvania, f Envir-ford County PA. The Pennsy noting i
public and, Civil De-that the Dept. o fense were not notified. onmental Resources' Three additional un-advisory committee on controlled radiation re-nuclear wastes has leases occurred. The agreedtothis Leukemia rate in that recommendation.
area is now five times Reed said the post-the national average.
TMI issues such as re-
'On M arch 28 lease of radiation "is a throu gh 30,1979, un-real test of government controlled releases of and public officials to radiation happened at see whether the pu blic's Three Mile Island. interests orprivate spe-Hadiation levels ex-cial interests will be ceeded the maximum served. The increasing measuring limit on evidence from all quar-t all eight on-site radi-ters showing corrola-I ation detectors and tion between major we have yet to learn health risks and even what the off-site radia-low-level radiation ex-tion detectors picked up posure clearly makes it
) those first threedays of mandatory that go-TMI. No one, in fact, vernment prevent any knows how much radia-additional radiation re-tion exposure there was lease from TMI."
or will be from TMI. To "By just as impor-i suggest the release of tant thearroganceand addition al radioactive totailack of concern for t
gases and contami-the public shown by the nated water is abso-TMI operators, who lutely unthinkable. It also ran the Saxton must be prevented " plant, gives us abso-Reed told Thornburgfi. lutely no confidence in "I note that Met Ed their ability to and GPE operated the public health, protect safety Saxton plant and TMI. and other interests.
Their record is unreal-Clearly we must pre-
...just incredible. TMI vent further f.epordy of war, in fact, not the the people livmg in the first uncontrolled re-TMI area," Reed told lease of radiation to t. e the governor.
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Evacuation State Still Can't Handle One THE DEEPER the state Commissioner Daniel F. Dunn House Select Committee on. was telling the House Select Three Mile Island looks into Committee essentially the the monumental p 9blems and same thing. He would not, he complexities ase aated with said, order his men into a con-a mass evacuation, the greater taminated area without ap-the realization of how for-propriate protective gear.
tunate this area was that it Oddly, Dunn's statement has never came to that during the not caused a brouhaha.
accident last spring. The pic-The presidential commis-ture is one of almost total un-sion chairman, John G.
preparedness in retrospect Kemeny, was reported to and of near futility in bringing have said of the Guard memo together all of the diverse that "it did not do much for components of an evacuation morale in Middletown "
and attempting to anticipate though,in fact itis doubtfullt the demands of a future nucle-had any effect at all.The peo-ar accident.
ple of Middletown are less After listening to witness-concerned about who will be es for weeks. a member of the around to assist them in the select committee. Rep. Ivan next evacuation than they are Itkin, D-Pittsburgh. expressed in avoiding having to endure the view that the state is no another evacuation.
more capable of putting an Nevertheless. If nuclear evacuation plan into effect plants are going to continue to now than it was on the day of operate,the prospect of future the Three Mile Island acci.
nuclear accidents and evacua-dent. We suspect he is correct, tions has to be faced. And no because preparing for a nucle-one really should expect the ar accident is as difficult as Guard or state police to go trying to prepare for a major into an area with dangerous earthquake - no one can levels of radiation without predict where it will occur, protective gear any more than when it will occur or its de-one would expect a fireman to gree of severity, enter a collapsing building.
One aspect of the problem came into focus last week, IF THE GUARD and state when a question arose over police are expected to play a the availability of the Nation.
role in nuclear accidents, the al Guard in the event of a nu
- real question is this: Who is clear accident. The Guard was going to pay for the necessary not called up during the TMI gear, equipment and training?
accident, but a document was is it going to be the Depart-prepared (though not distrib-ment of Defense, the Nuclear uted) advising troops they Regulatory Commission, the would not be " exposed to dan-state, the utility, or who?
gerous levels of radiat6on or You, that's who. The tax-fallout." Inexplicably, Gover-payer, or the ratepayer, will por Thornburgh was unaware bear another burden to keep of the widely publicized Na-nuclear power from expiring tional Guard notice when he under the weight of its own appeared in Washington be-fatal flaws. Yet the Guard and fore the President's Commis-state police involvement in a i
sion on Three Mile Island, a nuclear accident represents 1
few of whose members only a very small component l
appeared to be less than of a massive problem. Tp ex-pleased with the portent of pect that ideas on paper can the adjutant general's memo anticipate and respond to the i
to his troops.
most serious of nuclear acci-I On the same day in Harris-dents is to expect far too
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