ML20054M227

Objects to NRC Use of Ussr Siting Policy on Long Us River Sys Until Question of Whether Current Health Crisis in Ussr Due to Siting Policies Resolved

ML20054M227
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Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	06/22/1982
From:	Bross I J ROSWELL PARK MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
To:	Wolfe S Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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i Irwin D.J. Bross Ph.D.

Director of Beostatistics Roswell Park Memorial Institute ,

666 Elm Street Buffalo, N.Y.14263 No openens here eapressed 36096 8 he conterw ed as rettect*ng offecial pos tent of the somenistraten of Roseest Part haemoree lnetstwte Or 08 the N Y stele Heefth DepeNt June 22, 1982 Sheldon J. Wolfe, Chairman Administrative Judge Atomic Safety & Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

Dear Mr. Wolfe:

Is the current health crisis in the Soviet Union due in some part to siting policies which have concentrated most of the heavy industry (including chemical and nuclear plants) and population along the extended Russian river systems?

Until this question is answered fairly definitively one way or another it does not seem prudent for NRC to permit the Soviet siting policy to be used on long U.S. river systems such as the Mississippi.

• This point is made on page 10 of the enclosed draft of an article that has been submitted for publication. In the first new paragraph on page 10 there are some results of a preliminary analysis of the Soviet vital statistics as well as some remarks on further steps that might resolve this issue in a timely manner.

In my view it is a matter of highest priority that NRC undertake a comprehensive study of the Russian health crisis and its causes, and I would be willing to consult on or contract for the statistical analyses that are necessary,here in order to expedite the research. These results are crucial to a prudent decision on Docket No. 50-382 and on other reactors sited on U.S. long-river systems.

Would you be willing to endorse this proposed study by'NRC and forward your recommendation to the NRC Chairman?

V y sincerely y rs, 1 D.J. B o, Ph.D.

irector of Biostatistics IDJB/mak Enc.

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