ML20079G620
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 07/07/1982 |
| From: | Chiesa R WADLEIGH, STARR, PETERS, DUNN & KOHLS |
| To: | Larry Wheeler Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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July 7, 1982 30HN E. raraEmo JAMES C WHEAT JOHN LAS$EY wtLLIAM $ GANNON RONALDj LAJO!I EsTMLEEN N 5Lu! VAN KATHERINE M. HANNA Mr. Louis L. Wheeler, Project Manager Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.
S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Re:
Comments on Draft Environmental Statement
Dear Mr. Wheeler:
Please be advised that this office represents the Society for the Protection of the Environment of Southeastern New Hampshire.
I wish to comment on Section 4.3.6 " Historic and Archeological Sites. [Tt is my understanding that Mr. Jordan E. Tannenbaum, Chief, l
Eastern Division of Project Review, Advisory Council on Historical Preservation, 1522 K Street, N.W., Washington, DC had contacted the NRC as late er May 5, 1981 concerning the historical district in South Hampton.
I have further been informed that the historical f%
district has been adopted by the Town of South Hampton pursuant to 5~l the law of the State of New Hampshire.
I have further been informed M
that the Petition for these two historical districts in South Hamp-ton should be approved by the State of New Hampshire forwarded to the Advisory Council on Historical Preservation.
Both of these dis-tricts are involved in the path of the transmission corridor as it N is presently approved.
There is no mention in the DES as to the aesthetic effect which the transmission lines would make on this small New Hampshire town.
} Q~j The area of South Hampton is only 7.2 square miles and the present l
8 approved transmission corridors would make that small New Hampshire town the most saturated with transmission lines in the state.
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No mention is made of Indian Ground Hill which is a potential Archeological Site.in the path of the transmission lines.
It should l h be pointed out that the construction of.. pads for the erection of poles and construction equipment to affect this cculd be a deleter-5 ious effect on this arc,heological site.
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i WADLEIGH. STARR. PETERS. DUNN & KOHLS Mr. Louis L. Wheeler July 7, 1982 Page 2 Another area of concern the Chapter entitled Environmental Consequences and Mitigating Actions.
In reply to the DES at 5.5.1.2, " Induced Voltage and Low-Level Electric Fields", I should j
like to point out to the NRC various areas in which recent reports have been published concerning the effects on humans in electric and magnetic fields.
First of all, in the area of cardiovascular functions, it has been shown that electric and macnetic fields can S-d cause unstable pulse rates and arterial pressures.
This was re-EEd cently demonstrated in publications by:
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Asanova and Rakov,1966.
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Cerretelli and Malaguti, 1976.
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Coate and Teeters, 1970.
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Lott and McCain, 1973.
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Clinical pathological effects from electric and magnetic field exposures to hematoloev and serum chemistry parameters had been fjf feoorted in the numerous exoeriments in both animals and man.
Recent studies of this phenomenon indicate altered chemistry values have included: LDH, SCOT, albumin, alpha and beta globulins, glucose, BUN, corticosteroids, testosterone, and calcium.
Hematological changes have been noted in the following:
leukocytes, neutrophils, lymph-ocytes, and red cell parame'ters (Asanova and Rakov. 1966. Gig. Tr.
j Prof. Zakol. 5:52; Beischer et al. 1973.
NTIS:
AD 770140; Blanchi et al. 1973. Arch. Fisiol. 70:
30-32; Bayer et al. 1977.
l Elektrizitaetswirtschaft 4: 77-81; Cerretelli et al. 1979.
In:
Symposium D.
241-57; Dumansky et al. 1976.
Gig.
I.
Sanit.8: 19-23; l
Free. 1979.
U.S.
DOE / TIC-10084; Hauf. 1976. Rev. Gen. Electr. July:
31-47; LeBars and Andre. 1976. Rev. Gen. Electr. July: 91-97; Marino et al. 1976.
J. Electrochem. Soc. 123:1199-1200; Marino and Becker.
1977.
Physiol. Chem. Phys. 9: 131-147; Marino et al. 1977. Physiol.
Chem. Phys. 3: 433-441; Mathewson et al. 1977. NTIS: ADA035955; Meda et al 1972.
Presentation of Experimental Results at the Second In-i l
ternational Colloquium on the Prevention of Potential Risks Due to Electricity; Phillips. 1980.
In_ Project Resumes:
" Biological Effects from Electric Associated with High Voltage Transmission Lines," Con-l tractors Review, U.S.
DOE: Poznaniak et al. 1977.
J. Microwave l
Power 12: 41-42; Ragan. 1979. U,.S. DOE / TIC-10084.)
Wide and pervasive effects have documented the ability nf alac-
$-b tricity and magnetic fields to effect metabolic status and grnwth_
ggg These have resulted in the following physiological changes:
Decreased skin thickness; disrupted liver cell metabolism-and enzyme levels; altered capacity'to form antibodies; effects on microsomal metabolism; altere.d skeletal muscle metabolism;" effects on RNA and DNA synthesis; altered collagen production in fibroblasts; depressed growth and body weight in laboratory animals; alterations in bone growth, fracture repair, osteoporosis; limb regeneration l
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WADLEIGH. SVAEL PEVERs. DUNN & KOHLS Mr. Louis L. Wheeler July 7, 1982 Page 3 (Bassett and Hermann. 1968.
J.
Cell. Biol. 39: 9a; Bassett et al. 1974.
Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 238: 242-262; Becker. 1972c.
Nature. 235: 109; Becker aAd Spadaro. 1972.
Bull. NY Acad.
Med., 2nd series 48: 627; Cerretelli and Malaguti. 1976. Rev.
Gen. Electr. JulyT 65-74; Fischer. 1973.
Z.
Bakt. Hyg.
I.
Abt.
JOri B. 157:115; Harrington and Becker. 1973. Exp. Cell. Res.
76: 95; Klapper and Stallard. 1974. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 238:
530-42; Koludub and Yevtushenko.
1973.
Ukr. Biokhim Zh. 45:
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357; Kolodub and Yevtushenko. 1974. Gig. Tr. Prof. Zabol.
2:11; LeBars and Andre. 1976. Rev. Gen. Electr. July: 91-97; Marino et al. 1976a.
Experientia 32: 565-66; Marino et al.
1976b.
J. Electrochem. Soc. 123(8): 1199-1200; Martin and Gutman. 1938.
Calcif. Tiss. Res. 25: 23-27; McElhaney et al.
1968. J. Biochem I: 47-52; Morris and Ragan. 1979. U.S. DOE /
TIC - 10084; Norton. 1974.
Ann. NY Acad Sci. 238: 466-477; Noval et al. 1976. NTIS: AD A035959; Riesen et al. 1971.
Tech Memorandum No. 3, IITRI Project E6185; Rinaldi et al. 1974.
Ann. NY Acad Sci. 238: 307-313; Smith. 1974.
Ann. NY Aca.
Sci. 238:500.)
Neurophysiology and behavior have also been affected by acolied elec-
$f*7 trical and macnetic fields.
Humans have exhibited the.following 660 behavioral responses:
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Altered reaction times and cognitive functions; 2.
Headaches; 3.
Fatigue; 4.
Perceptive awareness; 5.
Altered biorhythms.
Pathology.
A Soviet study described lesions in severul organs related to low strength electric field exposure including dystrophy
,g and vascular changes in the brain, liver, adrenal and thyroid glands l and kidneys of laboratory rats (Dumansky et al. 1976.
Gig.
I.
Sanit.
E 8.: 19-23.) Other animal studies have documented prostatitis, bone tumcrs and an increase in death rate in response to applied fields.
A study by John Hopkins University may have been the first to correlate human cancer with ELF fields in the normal environment.
Another epidemiologic study performed by Wertheimer and Leeper docu-mented an increase in cancer in children who lived near high voltage configurations.
(Greenberg et al. 1979.
" Effects of high voltage transmission lines on honey bees."
In: Symposium D 74-84; McElhaney and Stalnaker. 1968.
J. Biomech., 1:47; Phillips and Kaune, 1977. Secon Interim Report, Conservation Division, Energy Research and' Development Administration; Straub et al. 1972. NTIS': AD 749335; Wertheimer and Leeper. 1979. Am. J. Epidemiol.
109: 273-84.
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s YlADLEKM, STARR. PETERS. DUNN & KOHLS Mr. Louis L. Wheeler July 7, 1982 Page 4 Reproduction and Development.
Biological effects noted in reproductive and developmental capacities include decreased fertility in various laboratory animals; decreased body weight and increased
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mortality of offspring of mice exposed to electric fields; and muta-gpAj genesis (Bender. 1972. NTIS: PB 197732-F2; Coate et al. 1970. NTIS:
s 711408; Knickerbocker et al. IEEE Trans. Pow. App. Sys., PAS 86, 498; Krueger et al. 1975. Ann. NY Acad Sci. 247: 391; Marino et al.
1976. Experientia 32,: 565; Mittler. 1972. NTIS: AD 749959.
We feel that the DES should reflect and show that at the present l
time numerous studies are being undertaken in this field and that at the present time there is not enough evidence to conclusively
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state that the transmission lines, as proposed, would not affect N
the inhabitants presently living near the transmission corridors.
It is felt by the members of the Society for the Protection,of the Environment of Southeastern New Hampshire that these are some areas which should call upon further study by the NRC and should be reflected in a final environmental impact statement.
If you desire any further information on these points, please
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Very truly yours, Society for the Protection of the Environment of Southeastern New Hampshire By:
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Docket File AUG 2 41982 HGEB Reading i
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!!E!10RA!!DUi1 FOR: Frank J. !iiraglia, Chief Licensing Branch flo. 3 Division of Licensing THRU:
James P. Knir,ht, Assistant Director for Components and Structures Engineering Division of Engineering FRO:1:
George Lear, Chief
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SUBJECT:
HYDROLOGIC E!iGIt!EERIt:G ItiPUT TO THE FII!AL EllVIRO:::!Ei!TAL STATEi:EfiT Plant flare: Seabrook I:uclear Power Station Docket fiumbers: 50-443/444 Licensing Stage: OL Responsible Branch:
LS-3, L. t!hceler, LPit P.equested Completion Date: August 13, 1902 In your tenorandua dated August 2,1932 you requested l:GEB staff respense to cement !!!!-1 on the Seabrcok CES. Additicnally, on August 12, 1982 Accident Evaluation Branch requested our assistance in responding to sene cements originally assigned to thea by your cenorandun of July 12, 1982.
It is due to the 1..teness of these requests that our input did not ce3t vcur requested date.-
Our input is provided in Enclosure 1.
!!e have responded to the coment frem the State of t!cw Hampshire (t!H-1) in four ser.arate resconses. Our subdivision of the coment is shown in Enclosure 2.
Additicnally, we acree with cc rent A-33 and recuest that ycu chance the text en pap 5-62 Of the CES, ;aragraph 1 to reference FSAR Figures 2.5 'i2 and 2.5-14.
~313 review uas perfetted by Richard Codell, who can be reached cn extension 28013.
Crig!:s! si ned by George Lear George Lear, Chief Hydrologic and Geotechnical Engineering Cranch Division of Enginee' ira g
Enclosures:
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Enclosure l' Hydrologic Engineering Section Rydrologic & Geotechnical Engineering Brand Responses to Comnents on DES Seabrook Nuclear Plant, Docket Hos. 50-443/444 A.
State of New Hamoshire, NH-la, and Deoartment of Health and Human Services, HHS-3 The staff presentation of liquid pathway analyses for hypothetical severe accidents in the Seabrook Draft Environmental Statement is given in less detail than the analyses for the accidental airborne release censequences.
The primary reasons that the staff chooses to present the liquid pathway analyses in this fashion are stated in section 5.9.4.5(5) of the DES, Releases to Groundwater, namely:
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Human health consequences of liquid pathway releases, even without interdiction or mitigation, have been shown in almost all cases to be much smaller than the commensurate airborne pathway consequences.
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There is usually much more opportunity to reduce the impacts of the
' ige:d path.t y releases, either by isolating the source or' denying usages of the affected water.
Akthough the consequences and impacts of liquid pathway releases are 3.
1 known to be generally much smaller than those for the airborne pathways, the analysis fcr the liquid pathway is at least as difficult.
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poor quality, end frequently limit the precision to which the calculations can be performed. Furthermore, it is sometimes virtually impossible
,to collect meaningful data on ground water until all construction activities at the plant have been finished and the water table has reached equilibrium.
For these reasons, the staff has chosen to perform liquid pathway analyses using an abbreviated methedology by which the Seabrcok Site was cc pared to the generic sites in the " Liquid Pathway Generic Study," fiUREG-0440. The staff used conservative, bounding parameters in simplified models to conservatively estimate population doses. The results for Seabrook were then compared to those for the LPGS sites.
The staff gathered the data from the available site informaticn and frca published reports on properties of geological material, but did not rely on preconstruction ground water gradients for the groundwater flow calculations.
The staff concluded that tr.e liquia pathway conseqeences at the Scabrook site r
were not unique, and that interdiction was possiole.
If the calculated population doses had been etch (orders of magnituce) greater than population c:ses re:orted for the LPG 5 gereric sites, and/or the its was not s'ultable for interdiction :Ser. further analyses of tne licuid pathway co.isequences would have been initiated. The staff concluded that further analyses were not necessary.
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NH-lb The staff does not imply that ground water interdiction would be necessary after a core melt accident. Monitoring of ground water Eovement following a severe meltdown accident would be prudent. The decision to take interdictive action to prevent or slow the migration of contaminated grcund water to the biosphere could be made on the basis of post-accident monitoring.
The conservatively-calculated 170 days minimum travel time would apply only to those radioactive constituents released frem the core which would not be sorbed by the rock and soil of the aquifer. The staff has determined that in t'he event of a core melt accident, virtually all of the dose from the liquid pathway would be sorbed and thereby retarded to a considerable extent in the aquifer.
For this reason, the staff estimates that several years would be available before the peak in the release of the most hazardous radionuclides to the marsh would occur, anc that suitse interdiction measures could probably be teken if it were determined to be necessary.
In the case of basemat penetration withcut su p water release, still more time would be available for interdiction because debris leaching would not begin until the debris had ccolad sufficiently to allcw contact with ground water, a -ice estimated to be at least several months to a year.
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f!H-lc and HHS-3 Releases of radioactive ground water to the estuary would affect the environment of the salt water marsh by contaminating the water, sediment, plants and animals. On the basis of analyses presented in fiUREG-0440, thestaffhasconcludedthatthelevelofradiationcausedby(uninter-dicted) ground water liquid pathway contamination would be far below that i
necessary to kill a measurable fraction of even the most radiation-sensitive species. The major impacts of such releases, other than economic impacts, would be in terms of the inpact to humans through i
increased levels of radiation exposure, which has already been taken into account in the population dose estimates. The staff concludes that there would be no direct environmental damage to marsh ecosystems from liquid pathway contamination.
Econcaic impacts caused by restrictions or denial of the uses-of the land and waters of the marsh becacse of groundwater liquid pathway contamination have not bten explicitly calculated. There is strong re'ason to believe I
that there would be interdiction of the contaminated ground water be# ore i
1 it could reach the marsh, so there might be no additional econcmic losses
' directly to the marsh caused by the liquid pathway.
Furthermore, the i
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pathway. contamination, even -if there was no interdicticn of contaminated
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fiH-Id The staff has identified in fiUREG-0440 and fiUREG/CR-1596 potential ways by which migration of contaminated ground water can be interdicted following a core melt accident. The fiRC is sponsoring research at Argonne fiational Laboratories and Battelle-Pacific fiorthwest Laboratories on interdictive techniques. The staff's preliminary conclusion based on the research conducted so far is that ground water interdiction would be feasible at most sites.
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