ML20005B881
| ML20005B881 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 09/14/1981 |
| From: | Branagan E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| ISSUANCES-OL, NUDOCS 8109160064 | |
| Download: ML20005B881 (5) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEfi. REGULATORY C3KMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter cf
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Docket Nos. 50-387 0.L.
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PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
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ALLEGHENY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES, INC.
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(Susquehanna Steam Electric Station,
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Units 1 and 2)
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AFFIDAVIT OF EDWARD F. BRANAGAN, JR.
I, Edward F. Braragan, Jr., being duly sworn, depose and state:
Q.1.
By whom are you employed, and describe the work you perform?
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I am snployed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission as a Radiological Physicist in the Division of Systems Integration, Office of Nutlear Reactor Regulation. A copy of my statement of professional qualifications is attacned.
Q.2.
Have you read Applicants' Motion for Partial Summary Disposition of Contention 2," filed August 25, 1981, and the documents attached thereto, including the Applicants' Statement of Material Facts As To Which There Is No Genuine Issue To Be Heard, and the Affidavit of Frazier Bronson?
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Yes, I have read the documents as they pertain to the allegations in Contention 2.
I believe the information presented by the Applicants' is correct, and the Staff supports their position.
Q.3.
Have you read Contention 27 A.
Yes.
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Q.4.
Describe the scope of your Affidw it.
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Contention 2 addresses:
(1) the residual risks of low level radiation which will result from the release of radionuclides from the facility into the Susquehanna River and (2) the health effects of chlorine to be discharged into the river.
The Applicants' motion dated August 25, 1981, requests summary disposition of the part of Contention 2 that questions the magnitude of doses resulting from radioactive releases from the facility.
I have been asked to evaluate the technical accuracy and validity of the Applicants' motion concerning estimated doses from liquid radinactive releases from the facility.
Q.5.
How do the doses to the maximally exposed individual to liquid radioactive releases cited by the Applicants compare with the annual dose design objectives in 10 CFR 50 Appendix I?
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The Applicants' estimate of doses to the maximally exposed individual to liquid radioactive releases are given in ER Table 5.2-24 which is included in Frazier Bronson's Affidavit. The Applicants' dose estimates to the maximally exposed individual to liquid radioactive releases from the facility are less than the annual dose design objectives contained in 10 CFR 50 Appendix I.
The NRC Staff's dose estimates to the maximally exposed individual to liquid radioactive releases from the facility are also less than the annual dose design objectives in 10 CFR 50 Appendix I (e.g., see FES Tables 4.7, 4.8 and 4.9).
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How do the popuiation doses from exposure to liquid radioactive releases cited by the Applicants compare with the population doses from exposure to natural backgrr;nd radiation?
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The Applicants' estimate of population doses within a 50-mile radius of the facility due to exposure to liquid radioactive releases are given in ER Table 5.2-33 which is included in Frazier 3ronson's Affidavit. The Applicants' estimate of the total body population dose to the population within 50 milcs of the site from exposure to liquid radioactive releases from Susquehanna Units 1 and 2 (i.e., about 0.06 person-rem) is a small fraction (less than 0.001 percent) of the corresponding population doses from natural background radiation (i.e., about 160,000 person-rem). The NRC Staff estimated population doses within a 50-mile radias of the facility due to exposure to liquid radioactive releases (e.g., see FES Table 4.8 and discussion on p. 4-21), and reached similar conclusions.
Q.7.
Have you submitted an earlier Affidavit concerning Contention 27 A.
- Yes, I submitted an Affidavit dated August 31, 1 981, which accompanies and supports the Staff's motion for partial sum: nary disposition of Contention 2.
My earlier Affidavit addressed the amount of radionuclides to be released t.o the river from the facility, the potential doses the public may receive from those releases, and the possible risks to the public health from these doses.
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Uf!!TED STATES OF AftERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0!!'ilSSION CEFORE THE ATOtlC_S_AFETY AND LI_ CENSING BOARD
.I In the Matter of PENNSYLVANIA POWER AND LIGHT.CO.
Docket Nos. 50-387 50-388 ALLEGHENY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC..
(Sus'quehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2) ll CERTIFICA1 0F SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of "h20 STAFF RESPONSE SUPPORTING APPLICANTS' MOTION FOR PARTIAL SIM4ARY DISPOSITION OF CONTENTION 2 (DC3ES)", dated September 14, 1981, have been served on the following bv deposit in the United States inail, first class, or, as indicated by an asterisk, by deposit in the Nuclear Regulaotry Commission's internal mail system this 14th day of September,1981:
James P. Gleason, Cnairman Dr. Judith H. Johnsrud Administrative Judge Co-Director 513 Gilmoure Drive Environmental Coalition on Silver Spring, Maryland 20901 Nuclear Power 433 Orlando Avenue
- Mr. Glenn 0. Bright State College, Pennsylvania 16801 Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mr. Thomas M. Gerusky, Director U.S. Nuclear Regulctory Cc=ission Bureau of Radiation Protection Washington, D. C.
20555 Department of Environmental Resources Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Dr. Paul W. Purdom P. O. Box 2063 Administrative Judge liarrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 245 Gulph Hills Road Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087 Ms. Colleen Marsh Box 538A, RO#4 Mountain Top, Pennsylvania 17120 Jay Silberg. Esq.
Mr. Thomas J. Halligan Shaw, Pitt6an, Potts and Trowbridge Correspondent:
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P. O. Box 5 Washington {,D.C.
20036 Scrar. ton, Pennsylvania 18501 Bryan A. Snapp, Esq.
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company Two North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101
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- Richard S. Salzman, Esq., Chairman, Susquehanna Environm(ntal Administrative Judge Advocates Atomic Safety and Licensing Appcal Board c/o Gerald Schultz, Esq.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 1560 Washington, D.C.
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Wilkes-Barre, PA 18703_
- Drc. John H. Buck, Administrative Judge Mr. Robert M. Gallo Atomic-Safety and Licensing Appeal Board Resident Inspec, tor U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Co. mission P.O. Box 52 Washington, D.C.
20555 Shickshinny, Pennsylvania 18655
- Mr. Thomas S. Moore, Administrative Judge Robert W. Adler Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board Dept. of Environmental Resources U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 505 Executive House Washington, D.C.
20555 P.O. Box 2357 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1712ft
- Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory C vaission Mr. DeWitt C. Smith, Director Washington, D.C.
20555 Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Transportation and Safety Building
- Atomic Safety & Licensing Apposi Board Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
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- Secretary U.S. Huclear Regulatory Commission ATTH: Chief, Docketing & Service Branch Washington, D.C.
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