ML19323A914
| ML19323A914 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 04/03/1980 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Beyer J AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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APR 3 960 Joyce M. Beyer Board of Health Borough Hall Hillsdale, NJ 07642
Dear Mrs. Beyer:
I am writing in response to your letter regarding the accident it Three Mile Island.
I regret that this answer to your letter has been delayed. The accident and its consequences have created a substantial increase in the agency's workload, which has prevented me from responding to you as promptly as I would have liked to.
With regard to your concern about the release of contaminated water, except for releases of liquids containing only low or nondetectable levels of radio-activity to the Susquehanna River, such releases are not currently permitted.
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 confirmed by independent measure =ents made by the NRC, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Coc=onwealth of Pennsylvania.
I appreciate your concerns and expression of your opinion and I assure you that every effort is being made to ensure the continued protection of the health and safety of the public, not only at the Three Mile Island Station, but also at all nuclear power plants.
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Harold R. Denton, Director Of fice of Nuclear-Reactor Regulation