ML19340C636
| ML19340C636 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 07/27/1979 |
| From: | Bykoski L Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Cleary D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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JUL 2 7 579 MEMORANDUM FOR: l Donald P. Cleary, Section Leader, Regional Impact Analysis 7ection, Cost-Benefit Analysis Branch, DSE FROM:
Louis Bykoski, Regional Environmental Economist, Regional Impact Analysis Section, CBAB, DSE
SUBJECT:
IDENTIFICATION OF THREE MILE ISLAND SOCI0 ECONOMIC RESEARCH PROJECTS (0UTSIDE OF NRC)
Progress on my intelligence-gathering assignment related to Three Mile Island socioeconomic research efforts outside of NRC is as follows:
(1) A one-page TMI research project profile format was developed to include the following information: title of project, description of effort, extent of geographical area considered, identity of the project funders, amount of funding, names of projects directors and staff, length of project period, documentation information collected on each project and the current status of the project.
(2) For the purnoses of this assignment I included health-related projects in my definition of socioeconomic research projects.
(3) Attached are profiles of 13 research projects. Twelve of these projects are being coordinated by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania departments (Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Pennsylvania Office of State Planning and Development). These projects are various in time length stages of Nnded. Two of the projects presented are complete, one of which has a published report.
(4) There are an additional 12 projects which have been identified.
The amount of information on these projects is minimal. These will be covered in the next progress report. These projects largely represent a number of telephone and mail surveys conducted by nearby and out-of-state colleges.
(5) Contacts were made with NRC personnel, the Center for Disease Control (Atlanta), EPRI (Palo Alto) and Mountain West field personnel.
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TMI RESEARCH PROJECT TITLE: TMI Socioeconomic Impact Study DESCRIPTION: This study will address the social and economic consequences of TMI.
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The study will center on impacts on comercial and industrial production and employment, impacts on agricultural production and comodity consumption and food processing industries, impacts on tourism industry, impacts on state and local revenues, impacts on new residential and comercial activity, impacts on housing, impacts on community development, impacts on local government budgets, the collection and analysis data of loss and damage claim against insurance carriers of Met-Ed, technical assistance to impacted comunities and coordination of local requests for federal financial assistance.
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA:
FUNDERS AND AMOUtiT: $470,672 cash request of the Federal Government is being awaited.
PROJECT DIRECTOR (S): Project Director: W. Plosila (PA Office of State Planning and Development)
STAFF PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS:
PROJECTED PROJECT PERIOD: June 1,1979 to June 1,1980.
DOCUMENTATION INFORMATION AND CURRENT STATUS OF PROJECT: (1) Project proposal and status report (6/29/79).
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.f TMI RESEARCH PROJECT TITLE: Three Mile Island: Local Residents Speak Out A Public Opinion Poll DESCRIPTION:The telephone survey was designed to gain some perspective on the -
public's perception of the incident.
GE0 GRAPHICAL AREA: Fifteen mile radius on East side of Susquehanna River FUNDERS AND AMOUNT: Underwritten by Lancas'.er, PA.
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PROJECT DIRECTOR (S): Project Director: D. Kraybill (Director, Social Research Center, Elizabethtown College).
STAFF PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS:
PROJECTED PROJECT PERIOD: April 2 - April 6,1979 DOCUMENTATION If1 FORMATION AND CURRENT STATUS OF PROJECT: (1) Completed report of project.
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_bAsLid-TMI RESEARCH PROJECT TITLE: Health Economics Study DESCRIPTION: Thip study will concentrate on the immediate and short term excess heafth' costs due to TMI.
Two types of data sources will be utilized. The first will be
" primary data" obtained from a household survey on personal expenditure and loss.
Approximately 1,000 households will be contacted in a five mile radius of TMI. The second type of data, " secondary data" will consist of information from institutions.
Health costs will be assessed by examining utilization patterns and trends for physical and mental services and social services one year prior to the event and one year after.
Data sources on service utilization will include the Hospital Utilization Project, Pennsylvania Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the State Employee Health Benefits Program, the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Welfare, local social service agencies, school absenteeism and work absenteeism.
All health economic results of the nuclear accident will be viewed in terms of loss to persons or institutions resulting from avoidance behavior (the cost of health hazard avoidance), the cost to the persons or institution of increased use of health care and EOG,a)PHICAL MEA (:the cost of health hazard consequences). Department of Health research soci servicae dn will be working in conjunction with faculty from Pennsylvania State University's Department of Economics.
Five mile radius.
j FUtiDERS Afl0 AMOUNT: Funded, in part, by EPRI, about $40,000 for 14 months.
t PROJECT DIRECTOR (S): Project Director: Teh-Wei Hu (PA State University). Co-project Director: PA Department of Health, Bureau of Health Research.
STAFF PRIf4CIPAL IfiVESTIGATORS:M. Yoder PROJECTED PROJECT PERIOD: July 1,1979 - August 31, 1980.
00CUMEf1TATIOff IflFORMATI0ft AfiD CURREflT STATUS OF PROJECT: (1) Project description.
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h uiL I II TMI RESEARCH PROJECT TITLE: Health Behavioral Study This; study is a joint effort of the Pennsylvania Department of Health aT6' DESCRIPTION: the Milton Hershey Medical Center of Pennsylvania State University.
It cal for the collection of both primary data (via telephone interviews) and secondary data (s close to TMI.a survey of health care providers) to assess the behavioral response of residents livin Approximately 700 persons will be contacted in a five-mile radius from TMI via random digit telephone dialing. They will be asked questions dealing with stress-related health problems, use of health delivery systems, health costs, coping strategies and social support of the respondents.
Secondary data will consist of health care facility utilization following the TMI accide Analysis of this data will indicate what pressures were put on the health care system in the aftermath of the accident.
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA: Five mile radius FUNDERS AND AMOUNT: Funded, in part, by EPRI, about $40,000 for 14 months.
PROJECT DIRECTOR (S): Project Director: PA Department of Health, Bureau of Health Research.
Co-project Director: P. Houts (Hershey Medical Center).
STAFF PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Kum S. Ham.
1 PROJECTED PROJECT PERIOD: July 1,1979 - August 31, 1980.
00CUME!!TATI0ft INFOR!% TION AfiD CURRENT STATUS OF PROJECT: (1) Project proposal and project description.
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Tril RESEARCH PROJECT TITLE: TMI Population Registry DESCRIPTION: A spkcial census will be taken of all persons living within five
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miles of TMI. The information to be collected on each person consists of basic demographic data and exposure information (time spent in the TMI area between March 28 and April 7). This population will be followed over a twenty year period and monitored for cancer, genetic diseases, mental or stress - related disorders and other disorders and diseases.
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA: Five mile radius.
FUNDERS AND AMOUNT:Up to $300,000 by Center Disease Control (Atlanta) and NIH.
PROJECT DIRECTOR (S): PA Department of Health.
STAFF PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS:(1) PA Bureau of Health Research (E. Digon, E. Anderson, P. O'Lenick, M.. King). (2) PA Bureau of Health Data Systems Personnel.
(4) Census Bureau personnel.
(5) NRC (R. Goldsmith).
PROJECTED PROJECT PERIOD: June 20, 1979 - July 31, 1979.
DOCUMENTATION INFORMATION AND CURRENT STATUS OF PROJECT: (1) Survey instrument and project description.
(2) The survey work was completed July 19, 1979.
Project is now in key punch stage.
Final report of project will be in the form of a deck of cards and tape.
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r.mu n TMI RESEARCH PROJECT TITLE: Pregnancy Outcome Study DESCRIPTION: In tbe two years following the TMI accident, information on pregnancy
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outcomes will be collected on all pregnancies of women living within ten miles-of TMI.
The information will be supplied by hospital medical records as well as from comprehensive interviews with the mothers at home.
Pregnancy outcome will be analyzed in relation to prenatal care, maternal characteristics and previous medical history, radiation exposure, and the emotional. impact of TMI.
Results will be compared to a similar five-year study just completed by the Bureau of Health Research in the Greater Harrisburg Area. All eleven hospitals servicing the area have agreed to participate.
GE0 GRAPHICAL AREA: Ten mile radius.
FUtiDERS AfiD AM00 tit: Title V "B" funds of $80,000 were provided by the Health Services ~
Administration, DHEW to initiate study. HSA are expected to provide additional funds to completion. Total budget for first year to be
$210,000.
PROJECT DIRECTOR (S): Co-project director: R. Chez, MD (Hershey Medical Center);
Co-project director: G. Tokuhata (PA Dept. of Health).
1 STAFF PRIfiCIPAL It1VESTIGATORS: J. Kim, J. Bratz, E. Digon PROJECTED PROJECT PERIOD: July 1,1979 - June 30,1982 (Pregnancy cohart starts March 28, 1979)
DOCUMEfiTATI0ff IfiFORMATION AfD CURREtiT STATUS OF PROJECT: Project description
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ilLisL 611 TMI RESEARCH PROJECT TITLE: Congenital and Postnatal Thyroid Diseases DESCRIPTION: This study will be done in conjunction with the pregnancy outcome study.
All newborns, by Pennsylvania law, ruust be screened for congenital / neonatal hypothyroidism.
Screening data on all births to women living within ten miles of TMI will be compiled and analyzed. The children from these birthg will be followed and screened periodically for the development of thyroid diseases including tumors.
Incidence rates in the impact area will De compared to statewide and other control rates.
This study is designed as a special feature of the Pregnancy Outcome Study, as well as a special feature of the Long-Term Disease Surveill-ance Study.
GE0 GRAPHICAL AREA: Ten mile radius.
FUNDERS AND AMOUNT: EPRI is funding $14,000 for the first year.
PROJECT DIRECTOR (S): Project Director: G. Tokuhata (PA Dept. of Health); Co-project Director: R. Brent (Jefferson Medical College); Associate Directors E. Riehl, E. Bouden (PA Dept. of Health)
STAFF PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: E. Anderson PROJECTED PROJECT PERIOD: July 1,1979 - to be determined. -
DOCUMENTATION INFORMATION AND CURRENT STATUS OF. PROJECT: (1) Project description.
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ni.esL i 11 TMI RESEARCH PROJECT TITLE: Cytogenetic Effects of TMI Incident DESCRIPTION: This study will be conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Public Health. Laboratory studies will be performed on three (possibly four) randomly selected groups of fif ty adults each. Blood and other tissue samples will be tested for chromosome breakage and other cytogenetic abnormalities.
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA:Five mile radius study population vs. control population.
FUNDERS AND AMOUNT: Funded, in part, by EPRI, about $38,000 for first year.
PROJECT DIRECTOR (S): Project Director: N. Wald (University of Pittsburgh). Co-project Director: PA Department of Health, Bureau of Health Research.
STAFF PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Not identified.
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TMI RESEARCH PROJECT TITLE: Long-Term Disease Surveillance and Monitoring DESCRIPTION: The population registry of persons residing.in the five-mile radius area will provide denominator data for future calculations of morbidity and mortality rates.
Persens in the registry will be followed for twenty years or more. Their conditions will be comparsd to standard or control populations.
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GEOGRAPHICAL AREA: Five mile radius.
Study estimated to cost $193,600. -
l FUNDERS AND AMOUilT: Fund sources not yet identified.
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STAFF PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: E. Dignon (PA Dept. of Health), L. Houten, J. Cherry, (University of PA) l PROJECTED PROJECT PERIOD: To be determined.
DOCUMENTATION INFORMATION AND CURRENT STATUS OF PROJECT: (1) project description.
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TITLE: Radiation Dose Assessment DESCRIPTION:The task of this project is to calculate radiation dosages for indivi-duals recorded in the Three Mile Island Census. This will require merging all existing information about radiation contamination, March 28 - April 7, in the area five miles of TMI with individual evacuation information on each person reported in the census.
The University of Pittsburgh will be working in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
GE0 GRAPHICAL AREA:Five mile radius.
FUNDERS AND AMOUNT: Funded, in part, by EPRI, about $68,000 in first year.
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PROJECT DIRECTOR (S): Project Director: fl. Wald (University of PA). Co-project Director: PA Department of Health, Bureau of Health Research.
STAFF PRIflCIPAL IfiVESTIGATORS:Not identified.
PROJECTED PROJECT PERIOD: July 1,1979 - to be determined. '
DOCUMEfiTATI0ff INFORMATION AfiD CURREtiT STATUS OF PROJECT:
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TMI RESEARCH PROJECT TITLE: Mental Health Study DESCRIPTION:The study will survey mental inpatients and outpatients, young mothers, and workers. A survey of a control population at a reactor site not affected by TMI will also be made, Data will be collected on psychiatric symptoms, social support structure, role playing, self-esteem and competancy.
GE0 GRAPHICAL AREA: Not determined.
FUNDERS AND AMOUNT: PA Department of Mental Health (?)
PROJECT DIRECTOR (S): Project Director: E. Brommet (Western Psychiatric Institute of UniversityofPittsburgh).
STAFF PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS:
Not determined.
PROJECTED PROJECT PERIOD: To start in Fall,1979 - to be determined.
DOCUMENTATION INFORMATION AND CURRENT STATUS OF PROJECT:(1) Project proposal is to delivered to PA Department of Mental Health by the Institute on July 27, 1979.
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TMI RESEARCH PROJECT TITLE: Environmental Radiation Monitoring Programs assa
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DESCRIPTION:The P'ennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (DER) is conducting continuous sampling of water, air, soil, milk and vegetation to measure radiation levels within a twenty-mile radius of Three Mile Island.
Particular concern is focused on the water discharges from Unit I and olans for clean-up of Unit 2.
A $300,000 State aporopriation appears likely to be approved to purchase additional monitoring equipment.
Supplemental requests for equipment have been foniarded to the federal government for approval.
DER is working with several federal agencies (EPA, NRC, HEW, etc.) on monitoring efforts, and data is proving to be consistent.
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA: Twenty mile radius.
FUNDERS AND AMOUNT: Not determined.
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P_ROJECT DIRECTOR (Sl: Coordinated through PA Office of State Planning and Development.
STAFF PRINCIPAL IflVESTIGATORS:Not determined.
PROJECTED PROJECT PERIOD: Not determined.
DOCUMENTATION INFORfMTI0t{
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AGRICULTURAL RADIAT!ON MON 110 RING TMI RESEARCH PROJECT TITLE: Agricultural Product Inspection and Analysis DESCRIPTION: Milk, meat, vegetation and feed supplies have been monitored for possible contamination. Milk is continuing to be monitored on a weekly basis. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has coordinated its efforts with DER, FDA and other agencies to do the work. Additional studies on low-level radiation effects on animals are under consideration.
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA:
FUflDERS AND AMOUf1T: Not determined.
PROJECT DIRECTOR (S): Coordinated through PA Office of State Planning and Development STAFF PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS:Not determined.
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