ML20050B544

Comments on Des.Nrc Should Recognize Cooling Pond Fogging as Adverse Condition

ML20050B544
Person / Time
Site:	Midland
Issue date:	03/29/1982
From:	Hallberg L AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	Hernan R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
NUDOCS 8204060021
Download: ML20050B544 (3)

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x tc; 'V' t X 'y In Sviorn Lectirony beforn too Atomic Energy Comiccien Licenci.y Board, In kward D ntein, world rony.tn eteorclo-int from tno Univoraitv of ricnican, testified tnat routtne relcunca of radiccetivity f:e. tne ridland nuclear plants would be entrnmod in ene flo- ing frca tue coolinr: pond and no11d rain outand ice out in tue ir. edinte area prc(ucing far :irner levolc of concentrations of radio-nuclides.

rany of toure radio-nucli/cs nre long-li' cad. Tncy r/ill enter tne r ter n sned end, tnerefore, tre Tittabor.?ccee Rivar nnd Bullock Creek, in uen nigner concentrations tnen Consumar's Power nac indicated, cbc to tnic paturray of concentrrtion of effluentn.

L1 a at- t-ent to tre '.Icw "ork Tinen, a number of nediccl doctor's accociated witu tec r nuniciens for Social "ecnonsibility nave unrned about Mmt they call dangerous nyton about nuclocr novier. Tncir statement includes tne following com entc:

"ucle r plants routinely relcace radioactive effluents into tue air and unter. Tneso =ay contain olenents tant concentrate in tue bones, rr.icelos, toyroid and ott.er organs. Tnc .acnitude of tne healtn risk is inestinable sinco it may t the tino for tue retorinl to circuhte turou",n tne food enain before nunan c-gocure renenes significant levola. Icukemias rould not toen appear for at least five nore years; other cancers, 15 to 30 years, and latent genetic danage mignt c.nly becona nanifest gencrvtions hunCo.

Foc plumes un to five nilen long nave been obcerved at tne &caden pond, witu worce predictions for l'idland.

In Sentenber 1970, Ja ra Carcon, retcorologist fron tue Ar; onne National Inboratorics, ret 'dtn local I'id]and officials to specifically warn tnen of tne far more covere for-3 nr and icing frr tne cooling nond tnct could be anticipated tuan Yns origionally doccribed in tne Fidland Envirorr. ental Irpact 3tateront of !?aren 1972 nin infor-ation indicated tnat tne fog ~ing and icing frca tuo nond and tun subsequent entrennent of radio-nuclides would be even rector tuan tr. Enstein indicated.

Jarna C rcon stnted tast tne noonlo in tne arca of tac Eiflnd coolin; r.ond would be cubMeted to nundre ds of no:rs of ntenn fog overy winter. Fuen additional cnow will be renernted in toe area and icinc rould occur on noces, troca cnd anirn13.

Gool i,ic obcorvnt. ions ."ere bcced on dat- fron tro Ircaden ecolinc cond in Illincia.

(Ocentel ned used data coviled at an .irinona cooling rond). Tnct infor~ction wa r not annlicable to a cooling rond in tue ridaca, accordin- to Carson. /O G204060021 G20329 DR ADOCK 05000329 PDR .

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Carcon inticeted n mc5 ret ter extent of the coverity of the fonging nroblen in the vicinity of the !'id1tind cooling rond then anyone had anticinated.

The n caden "cnd coverc 1,27$ ceres and rans 90 degrees hotter than the .arbient ten crature. The l'idlend rond covers NC acres and will;he even hotter than ct D codan. Ibnce fog .-ill be quite cc- cn over and near the !!idland pond during the cooler nnrt of the year. (!!ovember throurh 1/ arch).

Ibring there foggy nr'riods, vicibility could be cufficiently reduced to create trcffic hanscrds. Frecuent reriods of donce fog till recuire roads in the vicinity of, cnd ocreciclly Gordonville Road to be very well mar!:cd. Gorconville Road ray invo to be ri(ened to c11er r. ore rcncuyerability, f1nshing lichts may have to be installed to unrn notorists that they are entering a hcovv fog arca where zero visibility T.aa ocsible.

Hon Cook. resident innrector at the l'.ic1cnd plant said he had visited the R esden crea during forgin~ cnd the recirbnts called the road necr the pond," suicide road."

This execcc$vo for--ing cnd icing conditicn could have an adverso effect on energency evacuation procedares, an roll as, the rcnoval and delivery of radioactive wastes.

The orcration of Tri-City Airport could be affected. Crops could be contaninated.

In ny c, inion, this problen arca has not been properly addressed as yet even though the !!RC has recognized the cooling nond cituaticn as an ar' verso conditien in the i ITS. The !!RC doesn't even plan to nenitor Censuncr's proposed solution.

It in hcrd to believe that the 510 is tcking this rescencilility so lichtly in vier of the fcct tnt they are rconensibic for the hccith end safety of the residents of Sc~inor, My City, Eiilli nd and +>c surrounding arecs. I would thing that the IIRC would bc cont ccncerned about these natters and would foller un on Concurcr's acticn. I thourht the !!RC vec in the -rocess of tetting it's act together.

I would am rociate your restence to these rM,ters.

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