ML20037C822

Opposes Westinghouse Application to Build Nuclear Fuel Plant

ML20037C822
Person / Time
Site:	07002909
Issue date:	02/11/1981
From:	Linda Williams SAFE ENERGY ALLIANCE
To:	Godwin A, Warr J ALABAMA, STATE OF, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
References
NUDOCS 8102250594
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,h'.iestinghouse is requesting the Alabc=a Ter- 07. Ira L. iters, L D.,

State Health Cfficer The Alaba a State ' Uater I=;rovenent Cc issien (from a Pocrd of Health PabiicServiceBuilding

=ecting with Prattvilla city officicis Montgomery, AL $6130 on October 2h,1978) fer an EPA grant (1) Pr. Jc ss ti. Carr, Directer of48,500,000, so=a 75f. federal funding, Alabama Tiater 22:;rovement Co=issica j to allow Pyattdlle to update its secondary sewage olant. Paae 3-13 of (2) 01 vision of Radiolo-ical Health

! the Uestinghouse Environmen{al Repert Pr. Aubrey 7. Godwin. Director.

i Fen 2ratcd in washroo:pical sewage wastes i requasts, qucta, "Ty s ani sanatary (3) ::r. Alfred S. Chipley,(Directernonradicactive)I facilities will be routed to the Pratt-Solid and tcxic waste Centrol lvilstreatmentplant...a on pa hh-2.htheregr$re h.38, par j$8" [s [ad-wa

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(h) Alabama "nvirc=entcl Ouality Asscciatien,,t 36111P. O. Ear 11000,

' ville sN.. s treatnant plcnt.wastenclar frcn cl This Montgomry, a dischar page 3-13 would contain Federal He ralaters t-(>-) U. S. :.nviron= ental Prctection A:;ency pounds {act month of protective clothing, tonals ra s etc. This nspira crs$ is not,deskgn,ed to rc=ove (A) vire=3ntal I= pact Stctemnt radioac{lanive contr.=1natos, such as several senage a Branch (B) Uater Enfcreement 3 ranch isctopos of ura.ium, therius, and other Regica h, 3h5 Courtland Street ehenical pellutants. Also "estin Atlanta, GA 30308 hcuse is asking for por=issien to b-6) chcr{ee cooling tcwar wastes into the Prat ville sewage treatment plant.

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U. S. Regulatery Cc.dssica The A.labaca Water I=pmveaent Goo-l Uashingtas, C. C. 20535 cissi n and the r;ater Enf reesent Branch of the US EPA shculd reject this

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requast for both launiry westes and (7) Us Dannie Schockley, clerk cooling wastes to the Prettvills treat-Duclear Activities Cc=ittee

=cnt dant. These wastas should be State Capitol treated in house by Uestinghouse and Hcntge=ery, AL 36130 final discharge frco the treatment

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should be to the Alabama River, and nct E=eritus Professer cf Ecology to Autaura Cree % The citizens of Science advisor for S?ACA Prattville should be inicmod that if Ho=e address:-

Uestingacuse is allcwed to discharge its 12h6 licrthwood IAke uastes into thsir treatment plant that the citizens, not nestinghouse will-IIcrthport, AL 35476 assuas responsibility ani liabl.lities.

In the Hatter ef t-Tr.STINGHOUSE'S UATER RE;JIRE:ENTS Licenses fren the State of Alabama Tha proposed fael_ plant will re-Licences from the federal gowrnment quire about 260,000 5allons of water Alaba:s AGREECT status pcr day, supplisd by the Prattville

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a Public Hearir'8 r ter systen. About 75%, er about 200,000 ;cllens per day will be dis-en the application of the Uestin~.1cuse

.lectric Ccrperction to build crdto persed into the atmosenere from coolin*e tocers to cggravate the high husicity cperate a Nuclear Fuel Plant in the fer ::entgomery. In tha nonal operation Prattville-Centge=ary cre..

of cooling with ttter,contasinstas could go into tc.o cir such cs hacry netals Scurce F.eadin: Materials and durim incidencas with the % or, Pr ttville Public Libraz d furnnes, uraniun ani fluoride could met r.gestinghouse's. RC Licensing applicatien into tha air. Incinerater vents reald

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f.estinghouse's 2nvire=3ntal Repcrt discharge n=n nted centc=inai.es' into estinghouse's suppl 3:3ntal reports t_he air.

Vital concerns for citizens of Alabamar-RADICUCCLEIE AID IEAVI IEALS tg3 Uhat cre the risks and who bears thc?

M He can jargen, rhetcric, sweial nuclacr

..estinghouse plans to discharge v g10 ani cc-lex 1,000 gallons per day of treated re"alttc~ te*olo 8

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technolo"gy of Uestinghousets p"ronosals i in ustraal water to tne Alabana F.iver.

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Tha contaninants cf this water are be explained in order that the Alabana legislcture arai the c 3rc~a citizen can crone to cause eutrophicatier. cr A40 huisame growths of cigse. Beth b pffoo rahe value judrtents and decisicn:?

hec *.f metals and radionuclides are The :Melear Regulatcry Co=icsion is b31ng kncrn to concentrata in food raba. The p sued becauso it failod to properly regule.te cveraga e encentration durin the spring M the Three Mile Island I;ucicar Plant. Cali-and su=2r could be several thansani fcrnia and Cclorado tra cuing the 20 fer ti=25. Uestin,hou:e should thish M

n:t carrying out regulntions by rnhin; the about dcnineralizin.; this waste 7:ater.

states neat scfety standards. Lostinth use

' This reuld help to prevent da a,e to is recuesting exc :tiens fer several in;;cr-th. saarood industry downstrean in tant safety ra al: liens. ' hen it is unable

'::cbila 3ay. Untreatad vastas ceuld to nect scu cf tha st^ndards it is reque:: ting } int 2rcet with pacer =ill wastes to t: u:e a lccer stanbrd call 3d A1.J.A. Chich cc. crbate eutrephicatien from th3 is as lc.7.as rea:cnctly.chiev0bla. l.e.

' udiiti:a cf ec=nni: cf nitrc;en.

n:liin; dcWn radioc:tri3 ccntc-in'.tiTn~, in 3cE2 :f tacsc ireblass I p'resantei

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SE T 'NO of TEO. Louis G. Umm - Nucl ar Futl Plant; Uho has jurisd ti

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S:IS JCRISDICTIC::S U2stinghcuse nishos to.naEi 1*:31.r tqE..

e haailing s huge volu=es of wastes nonradioactive;

1. te ials' such as bacial nuclear fuel l

23' U 233, theriles ani as hones that.daba=a will paz :iterr- *.. o S.1M"r,ar Rds 21atery Cc=-

e site fisposal ani burial. Uc;r Alabama.

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will ha ra to decida whether the hnhve '-

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m tc cce is radioactive nonradioac Fcr the stcrage er disposal of icw-leval cr=cerely ver-toxic.,Calcius fluoride-~~~

radioactive waste in Alaba=a the.governer, --- ccataining radioactive =aterials is both>

-c;7 Feb Jases, has the jurisdictica, art. the texic waste and radioactive uste. It

" state of Alaba=a assu=cs liabilities fer this na vish to defer the decision until the raste manage =ent (nct Westi.ghouse). Thers plint closes dern by asking to " store n f,sastrong=evesantofsevensurro""4,7 thase vastes en site until the tiza cf 4

.-+es to "I2T" Alatara be the regic:al decc=issidg. Alabart. should 1:02 l% w

• eval Ic-icing _Castas. Seen anc:this. It cay inhsrit a vary bad tF-Ee'sant' site in Barmrell, S. C., ma"i cf be probic=. Cestinghouse wishas to.= port closed to Alabara. Freble=s of disocsa its bia,"S. C.,

so the ustes can be handledscrap" frc its cperation in Col =-

hich-level t:ste3 (sdent reacter fu'al,t nd redlaar r:astes frca teapons davelopmen here. Ear = ell S. C., did not like the tin seen ec=3 up. There is a ;.w ect to

=annar that Uesdinghouse harziled its rc cre uran 1= and pluto '-' fron saant f;31 wastes in Colu=bia and the ISC did net (recrecessird to be used in conven51cr41 lika it either, and fren That I saw cf it, uclear power Mants or convarter plants.

nas deplorable. Ua do not want this in Since Gestin:hbuse has experiene in re-Alntar2

-ocessin1ox.ii using =lu,cnius exide) a neve-

-a ixed exidos (scaning E-aniu:2d ide ani p S "CTDG;II, O':CGI, and SlFSTCR r

mant ray be pushed by Westinghouse to do,ng-All Wuclear Fucl Plants become vur#

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,in Alaba=a. Alaba=a UUST h allce Ucst.

.ncuse_to. bring plutoniu=I highly contcsinated over tha sars cf coeration. Befero allerting licensing ICFI"CIC:I CF Ia7-LE7EL PJ53SI:S of this Uestinghcuse cration the State The definiticn of lerr-laval radioactive and the !!uclair Regula

. -Comission od by an t~arstard-cheuld insist on a plan fbr safo shutdo:rn, wastes has nc= been e p (he EPA fres a decc. 4ssiening (DECOH),ing materials and which is mostly ing bat een ths ::RC r..

stud 7 decontamination of ioniz cf a Scientific Revier. Grcup. The SRG now defines low-level iond-ing :aterials that toxic wastes (calcius fluoride, etc.).

giva a single dose of3 res (whole tod }

The Westir^'nsure that hnds ar$a available cuso plan should ~4 clude er less,

=1 chrcnic doses that accu =u{ ate bendin* to 1 for this verr exeensive ration. DECC1 at the rate of less thc= 5 res per year.

is reqaired i=nellatel ter shutdcwn This is a higher dose t!an previalsay to resovo sufficient cactiva er tcxic allc-3d. Het: aver when this radiation dose centa=irsted caterials frca the hicility is exceeded, Uesdinghouse is req 2esting of and site to release the property fcr un-Alaba=a to be allcued oven her ionizing restricted use. Alabcma does net wa=t is. under the AIARA princi :

, Under ner=al SAFSTCR which. is a deco =missicnir4 cperatica the principal radiation danger alterna$1ve, which defers decentammatien will be fro inhaled uranium. Since there after shutdown. Vaste prcblems mst be colved en a dail until the tics c.y basis, and not put off is no dosisatar er badge that werkers mnr shutdown and decom-to measure alpha particles t hat have been inhaled or swallomd. thero is NO HAY that missioning.

Uestinghouse can =cnitor$e the internalespecially wr:en OCCUPATICNAL SAlm"I AHD HEALTH wertars gone h'z:e and ta alpha e itters with them. Al radiation I believo that Westinnhouse avres a frank and cc= plate explana$1on cf just is many times more dangercas an gamma er where 'lon

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bats. The lung cancers bone cancars arai leche:ias will net shocr,up fer severai 7eers, Can the fedeEl covernmant allcw Alabama to have an operaIion that does not perha s after the wer! cars are retired. Will y

neet federal stcndards for safet*? Who 4 *NW P'Miolo;sferk;ical Dept.lf PubliSroHealEh of by Uestinghcuse (fczes guarding chichens) e' e

si a the will do the monitcring. If it isn't done

?. lata-a :nd net Vestin?hcuse nor the ICC.

who will pay for this expensive scnitcring?

CHTS DEFDC101 FCR ICT-IEVEL RAU7ASTE?

Is Ucstin in the future to re rocess; house planning (high-level "spant fuel" nestincheuse defines le:r-level ionizing waste fer tflo Prattville hal lant on the nstolinAlabana? Dpes Testischouse S.abricated ilan to use si cd c= ides in its pellets basis of the anount of curies radioactivity) in.a cram of urcnium-235,tinghouse is re-issile isotope 41abaca containin pin-the of urtnius. However,\\ies tenium? Is Uestin house obligag d to

., e bring back e pont faal" and "scrann from gassting from Alabama pez=ission to " dilute s

n tne uraninn-235 with urenius-23Eand U-238 its ovarseas eneration to twd Its M.renntal heocrt su+gssts this. The fres "de-leted uraniu=".

Dbpleted uraniu:a is not Ee-lated of uranium. It is only heavy use of niti1,c acid in recovering lowinU-255. This dilition would t.ctuany E g g g 2 g Q Plut ni adds =uch a u increase the total rcdicactivity sinco the de-leted urenius adds I'032 unwanted radio-I';DUSTPJAL CCST RECCLII.

acEive isetepes of urH"-

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.Uin Ucstin-house re7 aire tax-free radioactive it bclengs in the $1risdiction in 1strial bcnding? Uill T;sstin i

l cf solid, bat nonradioactive, waste d isposal cay its just share for water from;ncuse tho

" ar tr. Chipley. If it is radioactive

>rattvilie water treatnent alant and fer waste it bCn. s to ;*r. Godwin both of wastewater treatnent frcm the Prdttville g

I Alabaca. The Caie cf Fedart.1 degalaticns ic cstic waste tmtprA plaat?....

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' Uho will be responsible for chaMml.

I defines radioactive caterials h9 CI?.173.3890) er radioactivo =aterial spills of those as havin activity in access c.

002 bmrdcas natarials coming to and going hc;se uscs.per rt.a./g.or wastes Upsting-

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