ML20049K061

Comments on Radiological Impact Section of Des.Issuance of OL Should Be Suspended as Result of Recent Lll Studies on Atomic Blast Radiation

ML20049K061
Person / Time
Site:	Midland
Issue date:	03/24/1982
From:	Adam Wilson AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	NRC
References
NUDOCS 8203290360
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,In recpon e to the Draft Enviror2 ental Ltater.ent related t #

the ^Jer5 ic.n cf Midland Flant, Unitt 1 La d 2, incued Fe' D

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itcued February 1982 ctitec that in the abcence of an," ggnifi-cant envirorc ental or cafe ty cbjec tion, the decicion ( to i ermit operation of the I'idlend 11aat) it an econonic cne.

There ic new evidence that u inv:.lintte the ocnolationc of the radiological 1: pact cec tic:. of the D%.

The rick e: tii a t o c a.l r231.2cion toxialLy level:

sy be underbtated

.nd 0 Lore ::ay be,

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.11, sirfnific.nt environmentil -nd arety objoctionc.

The liRC ct2ff at ed c:

ttia (cano r) 2nd ;ene tic ritk n: tiratort b col cn vi lely accep ted acientific infor:12 tion.

Specifically, the s t uff ': ettir tec :.ro hacel cn inferaLtion co::.pilel by the IIational Acaleny of Jcience 'r Advicory Cer.ittee en the Biological Effee t; of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR I, 1972)

( JL 5-:: 3 ).

The value used for rick ectinatorc are caid to be conciatent with the recorrendations of cover :1 other recognited ruliation protection organi a tienc; epecifically, the Inter-ution il Coanit cion of Radiolociaul Frotec tion (ICRF), the National Council en Radiation 1-rotection ar.d Eeaturenent (hCRP),

the Iht tional Academy of Leiencee BEIR III, 1980 Report (an update on BEIR I), und the United Nationc Scientific Committee on the Effec tc of Atomic Radia tion (UI.oC1;AR).

The cancer acrtality data from Ilirochina ure considered the aoct valuable in the norld.

In an attempt to define l

radiation ricko thece data have been the bacic for the widely l

recognited BEIR III report however, there ic recent evidence frca recourch being initiated by phycicictc Viillian loci.*o and Edgar Eendelcoha ut the Lawrence Livermore liational Laboratory in California :ad from work at the Oak Ridge I;1tional Laboratory in Tennetcee thtt previcac c_lculations o:1 radiation data from the ator:.ic blante at Hiroshir.a :nd 60 0 liagacaki are in error.

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, r o lu o. l a h iffe L'.:2 (neutron) rali.; tion.

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Lince the effectc on hun.un health frc-Lne blact re:.2in the ~ 2e, one : uct conclude that the 0 2.1a rayc lero core toxic ti un ' l coca thoucht.

J.o c t c i '.,n i f i a.:.t i t t.t there ctudiec vill Lsve a direct betriuc un the cc::clutio : of..e. lth effec to frc:

.uclear rec.c torc, nic:. are

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ui er ide:.lolc rit t it the U.iverrit/ of 1ittcbur b

..l the e-i t tee chctirm: for the EEIR III report conci lert t':e E]IR l n0 re.;rt obc]lete

>;d ensectc t: t toe robabilitiet it ;ivec for the ritk of l;/1.; cf e. cer Jter 02.g<are to r uliatic:. cill be,1cubled.

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The are libilit j of iCIR reiart it in c aric:tc jeopardy tu2 12u c i e n t i t ;;.

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