ML20002D223
| ML20002D223 | |
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| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 01/11/1981 |
| From: | Fenske R AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Ahearne J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| NUDOCS 8101200072 | |
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PROD. A UTIL FAC......,.y +fp dear Mr. Ahearne; I'm not kidding myself, the proposed "Dresden flushout" is not safe. I say this with respect to some etcments of the surrmading circumstances at Dresden to date.
Dresden reactor #1 is located 50 miles southwest of downtown Chicago and less for the surrounding Chicagoland area.
- There is danger that the corrosive solvent used may weaken the plant's piping and precipitate subsequent cracks and leaks upon restarting Dresden reactor #1 (It 's co non knowledge that automobiles corrode faster in the salted street environment of cities and have a shortened life expectqncy as a result.)
o The " chelating agent" in the used solvent contaminated with radioactivity will lend itself to rapid release into the environment uherever it's disposed of.
. 2ee.nv4mme.tv R;.nno entions of this solvent will be involved.
- The "flushout" is experimental on too large a scale at the risk of too
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they really had to. And that makes sense to ee; af ter all, the human body doesn't rise to its defenses until it 's stimulated.with a doseMfathe actual contaminant
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I think this losing situation may be turned into a real winner; if the people did without a little electricity / paid more for a lesser supply, the same sort of fuel efficient thinking may be directed towards electric'ai energy production. Weren't other forms of engine fuel considered and weren't more fuel ef ficient enF r as utilized for automobiles ? Coul'dn't fuel rods, coal, solar sorces etc. be analogous to leaded gasoline, diesel fuel, gasohol etc. and couldn't reactors, steam turbines, solar cells etc. be likened to the diesel, turbine, conventional fuel-injected engines of varying ef ficiency?
I don't think Commonwealth Edison should be allowed to continue salvage attempts at Dresden reactor #1 until a full Public Hearing is held. I do think such a hearing would reveal similar thinking to mine.
I find the "Three ile Island" incident serving as the innoculation that has started my thinking along these lines. As far back as I can remember, I've never had to be innoculated for the same thing twice.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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D eket No. (s) 50-10 (Dresden Nuclear Power Station,
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CERTIFICATE'OF SERVICE
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I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document (s) each person designated on the official service list cot:: piled by the Office upon of the Secretary of the Commissier in this proceeding in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.712 of 10 i"FR Part 2 - Rules of Practice, of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Rules and Regulations.
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Office'qf the Secretary of te.t Commission Counsel for NRC Staff Commonwealth Edison Company U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Mr. C. Reed Washington, D. C.
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P. O. Box 767 John W. Rowe, Esq.
Chicago, Illinois 60690 Isham, Lincoln and Beale One First National Plaza Mr.B. B. Stephenson 42nd Floor Plant Superintendent Chicago, Illinois 60603 Dresden Nuclear Power Station Rural Route !1 Robert Goldsmith, Esq.
Morris, Illinois 60450 59 E. Van Buren Street Suite 1600 Chicago, Illinois 60605
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