ML19327A374

Forwards K Malone Containing Allegations Re Competence of Radiological Health Svc of Ok State Dept of Health.Requests Response

ML19327A374
Person / Time
Site:	Black Fox
Issue date:	07/23/1980
From:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Leavitt J OKLAHOMA, STATE OF
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NUDOCS 8008060096
Download: ML19327A374 (1)

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Dear Dr. Leavitt:

We have received a letter dated May 5,1980, from Kirke Malone of Oklahoma City. The letter, a copy of wl.ich is enclosed, makes a number of allegations concerning the competence of the Radiological Health Service of the Oklahoma State Department of Health.

This letter is relevant to the pending application by Public Service Company of Oklahoma for the Black Fox Station, Units 1 and 2, in that it deals with the emergency response planning for that facility and we have placed it in the appropriate public document rooms. A copy of our response, dated June 23, 1980, is enclosed. Please provide us with a copy of any response that you may make to the allegations.

Sincerely, Ok Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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plan for the Black Fox Nuclear Power Reactor.

h In the course of a little detective work. I have learned that the Deputy Com-missioner for Environmental Health and Supervisor of the Radiological Health R

Service of the Oklahoma State Department of Health has informed the Federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare that the Emergency Response Plan for the Black Fox Nuclear Reactor vill, after 5 years work, be delayed another 7 y

p years, that is, until 1987 After long-term study of the Radiological Health Service, I have reached some

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The 12 years this governmental agency finds necessary to complete 2 years of work is due to the inadequate training and poor tech-

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nical experience that the manpower of the agency possesses in matters of reactor radiation protection and managemen6 E

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Certified Health Physicist, or

11) Certified Radiological Physicist, or iii) Registered Radiation Safety Consultant on the staff.

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No one on the staff has professional experience with a nuclear reactor of significant size.

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organizations are generally unknown and totally-rejected by ll this agency.

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The top management of the service are incapable, lacking training and adequate experience in directing the development of an emergency

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response plan for the Black Fox Reactor.

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from the Radiological Health Service and be placed with an independent, respon-cible, professional consulting firm. There are quite a few excellent radiation e..

protection companies that could do a superior job. It is imperative that the work be done by Radiation Protection Specialists, not a Eeneral engineering con-sulting firm.

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After reading this letter to the State Commissioner of Health, she told me it was

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" totally inaccurate" and threatened me against making the letter public.

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