ML20100B006

Testimony of Rl Mctrusty Re Contention P Concerning Capability of Ashtabula County Medical Ctr to Receive Radioactive Victims.Certificate of Svc Encl.Related Correspondence

ML20100B006
Person / Time
Site:	Perry
Issue date:	02/20/1985
From:	Mctrusty R ASHTABULA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER, ASHTABULA, OH (FORME
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY cot 1MISION pas :)"

EEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING P.OARD In the Matter of )

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Dociet Nos. 50-440 IL LllMINAT J NG COTIPAtW )

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(Perry Nuclear Power P1 ant, )

Units 1 and 2) )

Testimonu of Dr. Robert L. McTrusty Chairman,

'Ashtabula County Medical Center Disaster Committee.

ne on Con Theviky3hgg]3in aorporates County by reference herein February 20, 1985 affidavit submitted Medical Center presently be (ACMC) cannot a recievinrj Hospital for because Radioactive victims ACMC lacks any proper equipment and facilities to decontaminate this type of patient.

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Me d i r.a l and says: as a practicing physirion at ACMC for to years and have been chief of OP.-GYN for reeveral years and of the Utilization and Deview Committee for n Chairman ueafG.

to Dr. Linneman's affidavit of Feb. 5, In rewarese 15785.

1) A pal 1ent is certainlu radioactive if he has contamination froni loose particien adhering to his body or clothing, and he certainly presents hazards to any attending response personnel. Radinactive con t a:ni nat ion in can9 to detcct and decontamination is eanily accouplished if one assumes that proper equipment and well trained personnel to interrept the equipment. is available on a 24 hour basis.

2) If a radioactively e:: posed and injuried patient is treated an any other non-contaminated inJuru one eist 9 ttee spread of contamination; to the detriment .

of any medical or paramedical a t tr nden ts. To cot ,p 4re radiation contamination with caustic injury-or infectson in f ru oherant . Radiation conte.mination is n unianc and ra r t i citl ar ly dang c i nur, inode of infury and not t reatr d by anu e f a r m . .i f druq or b i ol og i r.a l aid yet I:nown.

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4 )- Althc.uoh it is true that radiation injuries are co l drmi immediately life t h r e.iten i ng , this is not say that it is never' life threatening or that it is not dengerous. To ignore the fact that even low dose exposure is life-shorting is irrouponsible.

5) While it i s t rtie that an accident at the Perry Nuclear plan t tai th sttbst au t ual off si te realeae,en T

woo l ti not neccessitate large nunibers of trauma induced injuru beds. However stibstan t i a l number of non-t raumatic casualit ies woul d never-the-less be required according to the Sandia Laboratory Report of the NUREG/CR 2239 computer simulation of worse

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case' accidents aO Perru.

It postulates:

1) 5,500 earily deaths within 60 days.

2) If30,000 radiation induced i nj ur iets.

3) 14,000 casec of malignancy.

6) NO C0f ! MENT.

-Cavalier dismissal of radiation hazards in a sign r

of inrempetency.

7) Present levels of medical renources avai}able for treatment of radiation contamination at ACitC are so ertwotive'that even minimal numberu of injuried plant worker or public citzens is impossible.

-8) - 11) To my 1:noatel dqe and hel ief upon i n t er v i cio i n c3

,s various Emergency Room personnel the amount of training offered was only two hours which is insufficient for proficient medical care of raditit ion injured persona.

12) In mu 5:erosal of the l '7 G 4 and 1985 .icint Commission on Accreditation Manual for Hospitals, I i ntij d find no requirement necessaru for the Emergencu Managment of individuals who have actual or cucpect exposure to radiation or radioactive contaminated materials. Also there is no Standard V as listed.

$h $W Robert L. Mctrusty, M.D.

Subscribed and umorn before me this.,7;YGoday of February, 1985.

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W .k UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 'oS ca 25 All:16 UUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION C7 .: .i ~ u.,Ar*

Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board CO:.iC .r. 5EFv;CT 3: W H In the Matter of )

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ILLUMINATING COMPANY )

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(Perry Nuclear Power Plant, )

Units 1.and 2) )

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SUNFLOWER'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS I hereby certify that a copy of the following documents was served by me this 22nd day of March, 1985 by regular U.S. mail, postage prepaid, upon the parties appearing on the attached " Service List", except that.those parties having an asterisk (*) by their names were served by express mail on this date.

The documents are:

" Summary of Testimony" of Dr. Ernest J. Sternglass; and, testimony of Dr. Robert L. McTrusty.

Respectfully submitted, f ,

L Tdery J. odge 6 LB N. higan i S'aite Toledo, hio 43624 Phone: (419) 255-7552 Counsel for Sunflower Alliance u

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SERVICE LIST James P. Gleason Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

• $13 Gilmoure Drive Silver Spring, MD 20901

.. Jerry R. Kline

• Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

= Glenn O. Bright Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

• Docketing and Service Section Office of the Secretary U.S. Nuclent Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

• Colleen P. Woodhead, Esq.

Office of t:ic Exceutivc Legal Director U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

• Jay Silberg, Esq.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 1800 M Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036 Sue Hiatt 8275 Mentor Avenue Mentor, Ohio 44060-Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board Panel '

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Contmission Washington, D.C. 20555 i

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