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Forwards Ltr from CP Pautzke of Fish & Wildlife Svc Transmitting TR Rice Rept on Proposed Nuclear Power Plant, for Info of Joint Committee
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Issue date: 07/26/1966
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Docket No. S0-247 Mr. John T. Conway Executive Director Joint Committee on Atomic Energy Congress of the united States

Dear Mr. Conway:

Enclosed for the information of the Joint C recently received from Mr. Clarence F. Pastakeommaitte Service the prop,osed nuclear power plant of thtransmitt

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Th snx you for the-report of-the Fish and Wildlife Service, attached to your' letter of July -13,1966, concerning the effect upon fish and wildlife of the proposed nuclear power i

plcnt of the Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.,

Indian Point Nuclear Generating linit No. 2, Buchanan, j

New York (Docket No. 50 247).

I With respect to the cournents on page.- 2 of your letter-con-corning the potential hazards from other than radioscrive noterials, tne Atomic Energy Comnission's. regulatory juris-

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diction is limited essentially to matters of radiological ber.Ith and safety and the common-defense and security.

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the vicinity of Indian Point; that this study is directed by a policy committee consisting of Mr. E. L. Cheatuu, Assistant Commissioner of Conservstion, New York State, as Chairman; 4

Mr. Thomas H. Schraeder, Assistant Regional Director, Fish l

and Wildlife Service; and Mr. A. S. Pearson, Consolidated Edison; and that Mr. Cheatum has been kept infonned of the results of the thermal. pollution study made at-Indian Point and on a model at-Alden Laboratories, i

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Dear Mr. Price:

In accordance with your request dated December ;;,1%5, the following is the Fich and W1:dlife Scrvice'c report of tne effect upor. fish and wildlife of the proposed nuclear power plant of the Consolldated Ediron Company of New York, Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit No. 2, Buchanan, New York (Docket No. 50-247).

As is our usual procedure, we requested Dr. Thom; ore R. Rien of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries to review the Preliminary Cafety Hunardc Report for Ceneral commente upon the radioactive hazard.

A copy of his report entitled "A Preliminary Evaluation of Pocrible Effectc on Fich and Shellfish of the Operation of the Propoced Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit No. 2, Buchanan, New York," is enclosed and should be considered an appendix to thic report.

Dr. Rice's report and the Preliminary Safety Ham.rde Repurt were then sent to Mr. John T. Gharrett, Regional Director, Lureau of Comercial i

Fisheries, Gloucester, Mascachusettc, for discuccion nnd omments with local representatives of the Bureau of Sport Ficheries and Wildlife

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and the State of New York Conservation Department.

This letter represerts the commente of all three of these agencies.

i We believe that plans for control and riispocal of radioactive materials are generally adequate to protect fish and vildlife 'in the vicinity of the propoced plant. We requect, however, that tne licensc require the company tc conform to rtandards on dicpocal of radicactive effluento of the State of New York, as well at thont of tue Federal Cavtrament.

The recommendationc in Dr. Rice'c report uealing ::ith radd cactive hazards to fich and vildlife thould be curried out ty conpetent fish and wildlife experts to encure that no adverce effectt occur. We request that the applicante be required tu concult with local perconnel of the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Ctste J Ncu verh Conccrvation Departmen, in developing and approving p. tans for curveyc r.eeded to carry out thece reco:::mendationc.

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We also bulevn Lc. app tiennt. nould be required to ucet with locui representativos of the FiK. anu 1.'11dlife Service and the State of New York Conservation 1> partner.t te uevelop planc for these studies and_ for their adequate evaluntion arter the data is collected.

We requa.st that suct :necting be vequired and that the applicant be required to make euch noaifications in plant structure i

and operation as.ay be necessary to eliminate or minirr. ice :ny hazards to fish, s

Specifically, we re, nest that the applicant be requirec te:

i-(1) Acquire 6ata acceptable to conservation officiale of the Fish and Wildlife Service and the State of New York an the quantity and species of fich eggc, larval fich and ;iuw 011cJ which may _

be expected to pass through the intake wreenu und the coolant j

cystem.

(2) Discusa and review with_conrervation offleiale or'the Fish and Wildli.fe Service and the State.of New York the' pact fish mortality problems at Indian Point. Unit No.1, the cuccess of measurec to overcome these problems wid the applienbility of these measures to Unit 2.

(3) Develop pre-conctruction studiec acceptable to concervation i

officials 'of the Fish and Wildlife Service and the State of New York of thermal and other effects upon-fish; the need for and decign of fich screening facilitiec; and the need_for, the

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design of, and the ctandards required for_ modification of-plant structure and operation to minimice any fishery probler.:s.

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(4) Meet with conservation officials of the Fish and Wildlife Service and the State of New York at frequent periodic intervals to discucc plans and resulte of a]l ctudice to iS-cinimice hazard: to finh and wildlife.

We are sending copies of this letter and Dr. Rice's report to the State of New York Conservation Department;- Bureau of Oport Ficheries and Wildlife, Boctor, Massachusetts; and Bureau of Cc=nertial Ficheriec, tL Gloucester, Massaenutette, for their.information.

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January 17, 1966 A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF POSSIBII EFFECTS ON FISH AND SHELLFISH OF OPEMTION OF THE PROPOSED INDIAN P, INT NUCLEAR GENEMTING UNIT NO. 2 BUCl!ANAN, NEW YORK (DOCKET No. 50-247)

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Introduction The Consr lidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.c has applied to the Atomic Energy Commission for licenses to construct and operate a nuclear reactor in Westchester County, New York.

The proposed :sactor will be the second nuclear facility at the Indian Point site, the first having been in operation for over 3 years.

The site comprises approxi-mately 250 acres of land on the east bank of the Hudson River at Indian l

Point, Village of Buchanan in upper Westchester County, New York.

The site is 2.5 miles southwest of Peekskill and about 24 miles north of New 1

York City boundary line.

We understand that the jurisdiction of the AEC in the licensing and regulation of nuclear power reactors is ' limited to matters pertaining to radiological safety.

For tha t reason, our comments in this report are

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The first category pertains to radiological s

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safety considerations which are involveo in the pending licensinc proceed-ing.

The s::cond category contains our comments on the possible effects of increased water temperature on fishery orga i Although these considero-n sms.

tions are no, within the jurisdiction of the AEC and not involved in the pending AEC licensing proceedings, they may be of interest to appropriate state and local agencies and to the applicant, The entry of radioactive materials into the aquatic environment either by design or by accident, might conceivably result in adverse effects i

on the fisheries of the area.

It was deemed advisable, the re fo re, that the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries of the U. S. Fish 6 ilildlife Serv evaluate the possible. effects of the operation of the reactor on the Zich-eries of the area.

The present evaluation is based in-part on information presented in the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report, Volumes 1 and 2, by I

the Consolidated Edison Company of New York. Inc.

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Description of the Pacility i

Generating Unit No. 2 will be constructed adjacent I

to Unit No. 1 i

and will consist of a rsactor ' containment building, auxiliary building i

control room, and turbine building as the major structures.

The reactor will be a pressurized water-type cooled by ordinary water which is kept under sufficient pressure to prevent bulk boili L

ng.

This is the type used in Indian Point Unit Nc.1, Brookiood 1

, New York, and the Yeukee Power Facility, Massachusetts.

The water, after leaving the reactor vessel, passes through a heat exchanger where it yields its heat to another separate stream of water which is thereby converted into i

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The reactor coolant system will be arranged as four closed reacto*

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coolant loops connected in parallel to the reactor vessel, each containing a reactor coolant pump and a steam generator. An electtically heated pressuria.r will be connected to one of the loops.

The reactor design calls for a thermal output of 2,758 megawatts and a net electrical capacity of approximately 873 megawatts.

Condsnser circulating water waal be drawn from the lludson River through a floating debris skimmer wall and eight separate screen wells at a flow rate of 840,000 gpm. The circulating water will be discharged back into the river far enough away from the it.take to minimize recirculation.

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Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities The waste disposal system is designed to collect, monitor, and process for safe disposal all solid, gaseous, and liquid wastes.

The maximum rate of solid waste accumulation will occur during retaeling periods and the minimum during normal operation.

Solid wastes, such as sampling r??er, cardboard, wood, paper, broken or contaminated glassware, filter cartridges, etc., will be compressed by a hydraulic bailer into 55 gallon drums.

These drums vill be stored prior to shipment offsite.

Spent ion-exchanger resins will be stored in a resin storage tank until a sufficient quantity has accumulated for packaging with con-Normally a minimum of 6 months will be allowed for decay.

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Gaseous wastes will be stored in tanks until sample analysis indicates sufficient decay to warrant release to the environment.

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4 tanks will be provided for normal operation with one tank filling, one in decay, and the third discharging. A fourth tank will be provided to accommodate gaseuus wastes resulting from unexpected plant operat!ons, such as cold or hot shutdowns. As the gases leave the waste disposal system, they will be monitored continuously, and if en unexpected increase in radioactivity is detected, one of the discharge valves will be closed automatically on signal from the monitor.

The concentration of radioactivity in liquid wastes determines the process to be used for safe disposal. Wastes may be discharged to the vaste hold-up tanks if additional delay time is warranted for radioactive decay, to the gas stripper if the purity is low and the radioactivity level is suitable for procer ing through the evaporator train, or to the condenser cooling watera discharge if wastes can be released within the tolerances established by Title 10, Part 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

The gas space in the vaste hold-up tanks will be filled with nitrogen of a low positive pres. mire to prevent accumulation of a potentially explosive mix-ture of hydrogen and oxygen.

Liquids from the evaporators may be discharged to the evaporator concentrates processing train for filtration, removal of cations in demineralizers, and then storage in the steam jacketed concen-trates holding tank. From this tank the solutions will be either trans-forred to the boric acid tanks, or returned to the concentrates processing train or waste hold-ca tanks for reprocessing by the evaporator train.

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Hydrolony The Hudson River in the vicinicy o f Indf ac :Sint rances from 4,500 to 5,000 feet in width with maximum depths of 35 to 75 fe t.

Cross sectional areas in the vicinity are in the order of 163,000 to 170,000 square feet.

The Hudson River is tidal as far as Troy, some 100 miles upstream f rom Indian Point.

The elevation of the water surface in the i

vicinity of the plant is so responsive to the tidal cycle that average 3

rate of flow has little effect on depth or velocity of flow.

The hazards of contamination of water-supplies by radioactive effluent vastes from the L.dian Point plant are considered minimal.

In the reach of the Hudson River that could be effected, river water is used i

only for industrial cooling.

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process of constructing a river water pumping statien at Chelsen in Putnam County to pump Hudson River water _into the County system.

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Fisheries of the Judcon River There are extensive commercial and sport fisheries in the Hudson River. Sport fishing is concentrated mainly on striyed bass and white-perch. The predominant commercial fishery is the shad fishery.

During 1964, 181,065 pou..ds of shad were caught in the Hudson River. Approxima tely 149,000 pounds of this catch was caught by stake gill nets south of the Peekskill area.

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All liqu<> c filuent releases will be conitored prior to release into and dilutic rb the condenser discharge.

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Environmen ta '. Rad f or e tivi t y All radioactive ef fluents released into the Hudson River will be under controlled conditions at concentrations below the limits set by Title 10, Part 20 of the Code of Federal Regula tions.

Environmental radiological surveys have been in operation in the vicinity of Indian Point Station since 'a,58, about 4 years b 2 fore Unit No. I began operation.

These results are reported semiannually to the AEC, Docket #50-3. Monthly samples are taken of Hudson River water near the site, vegetation on the site, marine life from the river, and water from the Indian Point well.

Surveys have shown that operation of Indian Point Unit No. 1 for over 3 years has had no detectable effect on the environment.

Similar results have been obtained in a 5 rear post-operational survey conducted by members of the Bureau of Radiological Health Services in New York State Henith Department, the Middletown District Health Office, and the Rockland and Westchester Health Department, and by biologists from the Bureau of Marine Fisheries in the New York State Conservation Depart-ment. Similar results also have been _obtained in independent studies by Dr. Merrill Eisenbud, Director of Environmental Radiation Laboratory, i

Institute of Industrial Medicine, New York University.

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Pote of Radionuclides in the Anuatie Environment When radionuclides are released into the aquatic environment 4

various factors tend to dilute are disperse them while other factors tend i

to concentrate them.

If the rate of dilution were the only consideration, undoubtedly the maximum permissible concentrations of radionuclides which t

can be disposed of as vastes would be adequate criteria in determining the maximum safe rate of discharge.

However, radioactive luotopes are adsorbed onto sediments and are concentrated by organisms '*hich require many of the stable forms of these elements for their normal metabolic activities.

In addition, come organisms concentrate radioisotopes not normally required but which are chemically similar to elements essential 4

for metabolism.

Furthermore, distribution of radionuclides an occur by their transmission from one organism to another through various trophic i

i levels of the food web and by the migration of organisms from the area.

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1 Conclusions and Recommendations Conecrninr. Radioactive Effluents The ?ndian Point Pressurized Water Reactor No. 2 has been designed to operate with a minimum of environmental contamination by i

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the maximum permissible limits defined in Titic 10 l' art of the Code of Federal Regulations.

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No. 2 can be operated without harmful effects to the fisheries provided that the findings of the radiological monitoring program are used to govern the discharge of radioactive material.

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adverse effects on the fisheries, it is essential to determine whether 4

such discharge adversely affects the organisms in each specific aren.

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that every effort possible be made to safeguard these fisheries.

There-fore, it is recommended:

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That ecological surveys be initiated as soon as possibic and continued on a regular basis to determine the effects i

of reactor effluents on plant and animal communities, f

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That the radiological monitoring program be conducted on a quarterly basis and include representatives of the 1

j ecologically important groups of aquatic organisms and sediments.

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(d) That consideration be given to the combined ef fects of effluent discharge from all existing and -planned reactors along the shores of the lludson River.

(e) And that the Radiobiological Laboratory be placed on the distribution list to receive copics of the survey and monitoring reports for review in determining whether or not unsefe levels of radioactivity have been found in the water, sediments, or biota.

Possible Effeets of Increased Water Temperature on Fisherv organisms Large volumes of heated water discharged into an aquativ environ-ment from a nuclear steam generating plant can result in a significant increase in the temperature of the environment near the plant. The tempera-ture rise may or may not be sufficient to cause mortality among the organisms present, but subtle biological changes could occur causing long-term changes in the ficheries.

The thermal requirements-of a -fishery organism cannot be stated with any degree of accuracy. By " therm &1 requirements" here is meant the temperature. limits which will permit survival at a level which allows for Page 9 of 10 pagcc

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i These limits are influenced by season, age, size, and other factors so that the thermal requirements would be quite variable and difficult to ascertain. As a controlling factor, the thermal 4

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sufficient difference between resting and active metabolism to provide j

for essential activities (Brett 1960).. The increased energy demand of resting metabolism during elevated temperatures may rob an organism of 1

the agility needed to capture its food.

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upper limit of required ten crature for any species of fish should not exceed that which would curtail activity below 3/4 of the optimum, i

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i Although a temperature rise in the aquatic environment may result in a change in species composition, increases in total productivity near j

varm water outlets from conventional' power plants have been observed.

Therefore, it will be necessary to follow carefully any changes in total j

productivity in order to properly evaluate the effects on fishery organisms from discharged heated water.

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Thermal requirements of fisn--3 decades of study, 1940-1970. Ja:

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F.r. C.iarunce F. Pautato t'oast.. toner Fish and Wild'.ife ServiC0 O. S. Department of the Interior l

Wa.nin,gton, D. C. 20240 Dear Mr. Pautsket l

I Thsnx you for the report of the Fish and Wildlife Service, i

attached to your letter of July 13, 1966, concerning the ef fect upon fish and wildlife of the proposed nuclear power

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i Indian Point Nuclear Cenerating Ilnit No. 2 Buchanan, New York (Docket No. 50-247).

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' materials, the Atomic Energy Consnission's regulatory juris-diction is limited essentially to matters of radiological health and safety and the consnon defense and security.

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',oneral Counsel to the Solicitor of the Department of the In:crior.

It was also reflected in our testimony last May 13 afore tne House Conssittee on Marchant Marine and Fisheries on H. R.14455. H. R.14414 and H. R. 9492.

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that auch meettngs and plant visite will continue in the future; and that the Company would be very pleased to have Fish and Wildlife representatives participate. We have also j

been advised that the Company is supporting financially a Hudson River Fisheries study which includes the waters in the vicinity of Indian Point; that this study is directed by a policy committee consisting of Mr. E. L. Cheatus, Assistant Commissioner of Conservation, New York State, as Chairman; Mr. Thomas H. Schraedar, Assistant Regional Director, Fish and Wildlife Service; and Mr. A. S. Pearson, Consolidated Edison; and that Mr. Cheatum has been kept informed of the results of the thermal pollution study made at Indian Point and on a model at Alden Laboratories.

If you desire to discuss these catters further, please let me know.

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Dear Mr. Price:

In accordance with your request dated December ;;,10Q, the following is the Fish and Wi:dlife Service's report of tne effect upon fish and wildlife of the proposed nuclear paver plant of the Concolidated Ediron Company of New York, Indian Point Nuclear Ocnerating Unit No. 2, Buchanan, New York (Docket No. 50-247).

As is our ucual procedure, we requected Dr. Themore R. Rico of the Bureau of Commercial Ficheries to review the Preliminary Garety Hecarde Report for General commente upon the radioactive hazard.

A copy of his report entitled "A Preliminary Evaluation of Pocrible Effecto on Fich and Chellfish of the Operation of the Proposed Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit No. 2, Buchanan, New York," is enclosed and should be concidered an appendix to thic report.

Dr. Rice's report and the Preliminary Safety Ham.rdc Repurt were then sent to Mr. John T. Gharrett, Regional Director, Bure: u of Comercial Ficheries, Gloucester, Maccachucettc, for discuccien nnd somments with local reprecentativec of the Bureau of Sport Ficheriec and Wildlife and the State of New York Conservation Depar tment. This letter represents the comments cf all three of these agenciec.

We believe that plans for control and dicpocal of radioactise materialc are generally adequate to pretect fich and wildlife in the vicinity of the propoced plant. We requect, however, that tne licence require the eompany to conform to rtandardo on dicpocal of radicactive effluenta of the State of New York, as well ac thoce of tue Federal Covernment.

The reconnendationc in Dr. Rice's report uealing ;:ita radicactive bacards to fich and vildlife should be carried out ty co:.:petent fish

  • .nd wildlife experte to encure that no neverce effects occur. We request that the app 11cante be required to concuit with local perconnel of the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Ctate S Ncu verk Ccncc rvation Department in developinS rind approving plane for crveyc t.eeded to carry out these recommendctions.

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to bring about real and cubctantial 11.ptwemua.tn ia the quality of our environment, we feel _ s trongly that nue 1uut-etudion *" tnrce nar.ards j

and development of methods to eliminate vr mintr@c taum enould be part i

of the conctruction licence.

We alco believe Lov appileant. nould be required to meet with locui representativos of the F1:,: anu Vildlife Service and the State of New York Concervation ikpartm r.t to uevelop planc for these studies and for their adequate evaluction arter the data is collected. We request that such inectingc be required and that the applicant be required to make such modifications in plant etructure and operation as may be necessary to eliminate or minirt.i'Je iny hazards to fish.

Specifically, we request that the applicant be requiren te:

(1) Acquire data acceptabic to conservation offici?J c of the Fish i

and Wildlife Service and the State of New York an the quantity i

and species of fich ecgo, larval fich and liuwelllee which may i

be expected to_ pnen through.the intake cerenne and the coolant l

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o (0) Discuno and review vith conrervation offleiale or the Fic!:

and Wildlife Service and the State of New Yor); the pact fish mortality probleme at Indian Foint. Unit No, t, the cuccess j

of measurec to overcome these problems and the applicability l

of there measures to Unit 2.

I (3) Develop pre-conctruction studie: acceptable to concervation i

officials of the Fich and Wildlife Service and.the State of i

New York of thermal and other effects upon fish; the need for and decign of fish screening facilitiec; and the need for, the design of, and the standards required for modification of j

plant structure and operation to minimi::e any fichery problems.

(h) Meet with conservation officials of the Fish and Wildlife j

Service and the State of New York at frequent periodic intervals to discuce plans and results of all :tudice to minimize hazard: to fish and wildlife.

We are sending copice of this ' letter and Dr. Rice's report to the State of New York Conservation Department; Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Bocton, y.accachucetts; and Bureau of Co=mercial Fisc.eriec, Gloucester, Mtssacnucette, for their information.-

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A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF 10SSIBLE EFFECTS ON FISH AND SIELLTISH OF TIC d

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BUCHANAN, NEW YORK (DOCKET No. 50-247)

By T. R. Rice, Director and J. P. Baptist, Fishery Biologist Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Radiobiological Laborstory Beaufort, North Carolina 1.

Introduction The Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., has applied to the Atomic Energy Commission for licenses to construct and operate a i

nuclear reactor in Westchester County, New York.

The proposed reactor will be the second nuclear facility at the Indian Point site, the first having been in operation for over 3 years.

The site comprises approxi-l mately 250,ecres of land on the east bank of the Hudson River at Indian Point, Village of Buchanan in upper Westcheeter County, New York.

The site is 2.5 miles southwest of Peckskill and about 24 miles north of New l

York City boundary line.

We understand tha t the jurisdiction of the AEC in the licensing and regulation of nuclear power reactors is limited to matters pertaining to radiological safety. For tha t reason, our comments in this report are o

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The first category pertains to radiological i

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safety ec nsiderations which are involved in the pending licenstr.c proceed-ing. The seund category contains our cocnonts on the possible effects of increased veter temperature on fishery organisms. Although these considers-tions are not within the jurisdiction of the AEC and not involved in the pending AEC licensing proceedings, they may be of interest to appropriate state and local agencies and to the applicant.

The entry of radioactive materials into the aquatic environment, either by design or by accident, might conceivably result in adverso effects on the fisheries of the area.

It was deemed advisable, therefore', that the Bureau of Commercial Pisheries of the U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service evaluate the possible effects of the operation of the reactor on the fich-eries of the area.

The present evaluation is based in part on information present*d in the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report, Volumes 1 and 2, by '

the Consolidated Edison Company of New York. Inc.

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Descrintion of the Pacility Generating Unit No. 2 vill be constructed adjacent to Unit No.

I and will consist of a reactor containment building, auxiliary building, control room, and turbine building as the major structures.

The reactor will be a pressurized water-type-cooled by ordinary water which is kept under sufficient pressure to prevent bulk boiling.

This is the type used in Indian Point Unit No. 1, Brookwood, New York, and the Yan%e Power Facility, Massachusetts.

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steam.

The resetor coolant system will be arranged as four closed reacto*

coolant loops connected in parallel to the reactor vessel, each containing a reactor coolant pump and a steam generator. An electrically heated J

pressurizer will be connected to one of the loops.

The reactor design calls for a thermal output of 2,758 megawatts and a net electrical capacity of approximately 873 megawatts.

Condenser circulating water will be drawn from the Hudson River through a floating debris skimmer wall and eight separate screen wells at a flow rate of 840,000 cpm.

The circulating water will be discharged back into the river far enough away from the intake to minimize recirculation.

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Radiosetive Waste Disposal Facilities The waste disposal system is designed to collect, monitor, and process for safe disposal all solid, gaseous, and liquid wastes.

The maximum rate of solid waste accumulation will occur during refueling periods and the minimum during normal operation. Solid wastes, such as sampling paper, cardboard, wood, paper, broken or contaminated glassware, filter cartridges, etc., will be compressed by a hydraulic bailer into 55 gallon drums. These drums will be stored prior to shipment offsite. Spent ion exchanger resins will be stored in a resin storage tank until a sufficient quantity has accumulated for packaging with con-Normally a minimum of 6 months vill be allowed for decay.

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Gaseous vastes will se stored in tanks until sample analysis indicates sufficient decay to warrant release to the environment.

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tanks will be provided for normal opera ;.on with one tank filling, one in decay, and the third discharging. A fourth tank will be provided to acconnodate gaseous wastes resulting from unexpected plant operations, such as cold or hot shutdowns. As the gases leave the vaste disposal system, they will be monitored continuously, and if an unexpected ircrease in radioactivity is detected, one of the discharge valves will be closed automatically on signal from the monitor.

J The concentration of radioactivity in liquid wastes determines the process to be used for safe disposal. Wastes may be discharged to the vaste imid-up tanks if additional delay time is warranted for radioactive decay, to the gas stripper if the purity ic low and the radioactivity level h

is suitable for processing through the evaporator train, or to the condenser cooling watero discharge if vastes can be released within the tolerances established by Title 10, Part 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

The gas space in the waste hold-up tanks will be filled with nitrogen of a low positive pressure to prevent accumulation of a potentially explosive mix-ture of hydrogen and oxygen.

Liquids from the evaporators may be discharged to the evaporator concentrates processing train for filtration, removal of cations in demineralizers, and then storage in the steam jacketed concen-trates holding tank.

From this tank the solutions will be either trans-ferred to the boric acid tanks, or returned to the concentrates processing

. train or waste hold-up tanks for reprocessing by the evaporator train.

Concentrated solutions from the evaporator vill be placed in 55 gallon I'.

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Ifvd rototy The Hudson River in the vicinicy o f Indf x :'., int rances from 4,500 to 5,000 feet in width with maximum depths of 55 to 75 fe t.

Cross sectional areas in the vicinity are in the order of 165,000 to 170,000 square feet. The Hulson River is tidal as far as Troy, some 100 miles upstteam from Indian Point. The elevation of the water surface in the i

vicinity of the plant is so responsive to the tidal cycle that average rate of flow has little effect on depth or velocity of flow.

1 The hazards of contamination of water supplies by radioactive effluent vastes from the Indian Point plant are considered minimal.

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the reach of the Hudson River that could be effected, river water is used only for industrial cooling. However, the city of 13ew York is now in the process of constructing a river water pumping station at Chelsea in Putnam County to pump Hudson River water into the County system.

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Fisheries of the Hydppn River There are extensive commercial and sport fisheries in the Hudson River.

Sport fishing is concentrated mainly on striped bass and white perch. The predominant commercial fishery is the shad fishery. During 1964, 181,065 pounds of shad were caught in the Hudson River. Approximately 149,000 pounds of this catch was caught by stake gill nets south of the Peekskill a.ea.

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j All liquid ef fluent releases will be monitored prior to release into and dilution with the condenser discharge.

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Environmental Radioactivity All radioactive effluents released into the Hudson River will be under controlled conditions a t concentrations below the limits set by Title 10, Part 20 of the Code of Federal Regulationa. Environmental radiological surveys have been in operation in the vicinity of Indian Point Station since 1958, about 4 years before Unit No.1 began operation.

These results are reported semiannually to the AEC, Docket #50-3. Monthly samples are taken of Hudson River water near the site, vegetation on the site, marine life from the river, and water from the Indian Point well.

i Surveys have shown that operation of Indian Point Unit No.1 for over 3 1

years has had no detectable ef fect on the environment.

Similar results have been obtained in a 2 year post-operational I

survey conducted by members of the Bureau of Radiological Health Services in New York State Health Department, the Middletown District Health Office, and the Rockland and Westchester Health Department, and by biologists from the Bureau of Marine Fisheries in the New York State Conservation Depart-4 ment.. Similar results also have been obtained in independent studies by Dr. Merrill Eisenbud, Director of Environmental Radiation Laboratory, Institute of Industrial ikdicine, New York University.

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to concentrate them.

If the rate of dilution were the only consideration, undoubtedly the maximum pertiscible. concentrations of radinnuclides which l

can-be disposed of as wastes would be adequate criteria in determining j

the seximum safe rate of discharge. However, radioactive isotopes are i

adsorbed onto sediments and are concentrated by orconisms which require many of the stable forms of these elements for their normal metabolic activities.

In addition, some organisms concentrate radioisotopen not i

normally required buc which are chemically similar to elements essentist l

for metabolism. Furthermore, distribution of radionuclides can occur by their transmission from one organism to another through various trophic levels of the food web and by the migration of organisms from the ares.

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Conclusions and Recommendations Conecrninc Raof osetive Ef fluents The Indian Point Pressurized Water Reactor No. 2 has been designed to operate.with a minimum of environmental contamination by radioactive effluents.

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environment, however, aust be released at a rate which will not exceed the maximum permissible limits defined in Title 10, Part 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

It is concluded tha t the Indian Point Nuclear Cencrating Unit No. 2 can be operated without harmful effects to the fisheries provided that the findings of the radiological monitoring program are used to govern the discharge of radioactive material.

Although it is well established that certain IcVels of radio-active wastes can be discharged into the aquatic environment without adverse effects on the fisheries, it is essential to determine whether such discharge adversely af fects the organisms in each specific area.

In view of the extensive fisheries in the Hudson River it is imperative (nat every effort possible be made to safeguard these fisheries.

There-fo re, it is recommended (a)

That ecological surveys be initiated as soon as possible and continued on a regular basis to determine the effects of reactor effluents on plant and animal communities.

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That the radiological monitoring program be conducted on a quarterly basis and include representatives of the ecologically important groups of aquatic organisms and sediments.

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(d) That consideration be given to the combined effects of effluent discharge from all existing and planned reactors along the shores of t!ie Hudson River.

(e) And that the Radiobiological Laboratory be:placed on the distribution list to receive copics of the survey and monitoring reports for review in determining whether or not unsafe levels of radioactivity have been found in the water, sediments, or biota.

Possible Effects of increased Water Temperature on Fishery Organisms Large volumes of heated water discharged into an aquatic environ-ment from a nuclear steam generating plant can result in a significant increase in the temperature of the environment near the plant. The tempera-ture rise may or may not be sufficient to cause mortality among the organisms present, but subtle biological changes could occur causing long-term changes in the fisheries.

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continuity of the species.

These limits are influenced by season, age, size, and other factors so that the thermal requirements would be quite variable and difficult to ascertain.

As a controlling factor, the thereal requirement of a particular species becomes a level which will permit sufficient difference between resting and active metabolism to provide for essential activities (Brett 1960).

The increased energy demand of resting metabolism during elevated temperatures may rob an organism of the agility needed to capture its food.

It has been proposed that the upper limit of required temperature for any species of fish should not exceed that which would curtail activity below 3/4 of the optimum, i.e.,

3/4 of the maximum difference between active and resting metabolism (Brett 1960).

Although a temperature rise in the aquatic environment may result in a change in species composition, increases in total productivity near warm water outlets from conventional pcuer plants have been observed.

'Iherefore, it will be necessary to follow carefully any changes in total productivity in order to properly evaluate the ef fects on fishery organisms from discharged heated water.

Literature Cited Brett, J. R.

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Thermal requirements of fish--3 decades of study, 1940-1970.,Ln: Biological Problems in Water Pollution.

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Public Health Service, Robert A. Taf t Sanitary Engineering Center, Technical Report W60-3, p.

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ALTERMTE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICEN3ING BOARD MatBERS FOR n:DIAN POINT NO. 2 SECY: JC11 1.

At Regulatory Information Meeting 201 en July 8,1966, the Comis-stoners approved Mesara. Pigford, Winters and Hove as alternate AtotLic Safety and Licencing Board ecebers for the Indicn Point-2 reactor.

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I have learned indirectly that my letter of July 15, 1966, adQ rsaed to you may have been considered a formal request for a delay in the public hearing referred to.

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NOTICE Or HEARING ON APPLICATION OF CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC. FOR A PROVISIONAL CONSTRUCTION PERMIT DOCEET No. 50-247 The Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. has requested that the public hearing oc their application be held on August 31, 1966.

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NOTIC2 0F HEARING ON APILICATION FOR FROVISIONAL CONSTRUCTION PEEV.IT Pursuant to the Atoute Energy Act of 1954, as a= ended.

and the regulations in Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations.

Part 50, " Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilitics,"

and Part 2, " Rales of Practice," notico is hereby given that a hearing will be hold nt 10:00 a.m.,

local tima, on August 31, 1966, in Buchanan Engine Company, No.1, Inc.,

Albany Post Road, Buchanan, New York, to consider the application filed under $ 104 b. of the Act by Consolidated Edison Cc=p:ny of New York, Inc., New York, New York, Ev:

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Dr. Tho: s H. Pigford, Berkeley, California, has been designated es a technicclly i

qualified alternato.

A prehearing conference will be held by the Board at i

10:00 a.m., local tt=o, on August 17, 1966, in Buchanan Engino Co=pany, "o.

1 Inc., Albany Post Road, Buchenan, i-New York, to considor the matters provided for consideration t

by $ 2.752 of 10 CFR Part 2 and those matters set forth in Section II, paragraph (a) of the proposed State =ent of Ceneral Policy (Appendix A to 10 CFR Part 2) which wat 1

publishod for public cc==ent and interia guidance in the i

Federal Register (30 F.R. 832)- on January 21, 1966.

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2 Whether the applicant in technicelly qualified to decign and construct the proposed fccility;

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design and construct the proposed facility; 4.

Whether the isuucnce of a per=1t for the construc-tion of the facility vill be inimical to the co==on defense cud security or to the health cud cafety of the public.

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..c Co -fccion's reguls-tory st:ff vill be pieced in the Co ission's Public Docu=ent Room,1717 H S treat, !!. W., Washington, D. C., where they will be availabic for inspection 'by cc=bers of the public.

Copics of the ACRS report cad _ the regulatory staff's Safety Evaluation c y be obtained by request to the Director of the Division of Reactor Licensing, United States Atomic Energy 4

co micsion, Washington, D. C. 20545.

Petitions for 1 cave to intervene, purcuant to the provicions of $ 2.714 of the Comission's " Rules of Prcctice,"

=uot be roccived in the Office of the Sceretary, United 4

States Atomic Energy Co desion, Cerrantown.. Msrylcad, or in i

the Comission's Public _ Docu=ent Room,1717 H Strcot, N. W.,

Washington, D. C., not later then August 17,'1966, or, in the event of a postponc=cnt of the hearing dato specified, et suen time as the Bocrd cay specify.

Any percon who wiches to enke an oral or written stacc=ent sceting forth his position on the _iscues specified,

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The an:ver to this notice, pursuant tt. the provicions of 5 2.705 of the Co=ission's " Rules of Prectice," cuct be filed by the cpplicents on or before August 17, 1966.

Papers required to be filed in this proceeding c:7 be filed by usil or telegram addressed to the Secretcry, United States Atc=ic Energy Consission, Washi.igton, D. C. 20545, or e.ay be filed by delivery to the Office of the Secret:ry, United States Atomic Energy Co._ icsion, Ger=ntcun, Wryland, or the Co._ ission's Public Docu=ent Room,1717 E Street, N. V.,

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?cading further order of the Bocrd, partico cro required to file, purcuant to the provicienc of $ 2.708 of the Cc=iccion'c "3ules of I::ctice," en origins 1 and twenty coaformed copics of each cuch paper with the Co:=icsion.

UNIT"D STATES ATOMIC DCGY COW.1SSION By:

W. 3. McCool Secretary Dated at Washington, D. C.

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NOTICE OF HEARING ON APPLICATION

_FO'$ PROVISIONAL CONSTRUCTION FERMIT Pur'auant to the Atomic :nergy Act of 1954, as amended, and the regulations in Title 10, code of Federal Regulations,

'Part 50, " Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,"

and Part 2. " Rules of.Proctice," notice is hereby given that a hearing will bo-held at 10:00 a.m., loca'l time, on August 31, 1966, in Buchanan Engine Company, No. 1 Inc.,

11bany Post Road, Buchanan, New York, to consider the application filed under $ 104 b..of the Act b'y consolidated.

Edison Company of New York. Inc., New York, New York, for a provisional construction permit for a pressurized warer 4

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reactor designed to operate at approximately 2758 megawatts (thermal) to be located at the applicant's site in the Village of Buchanan, Westchester County, New York.

The hearing will be conducted by the Atomic Safety and '

Licensing Board designa ted by the Atomic Energy Cocaission, consisting of Dr. David B. Hall, Los Alaros New Mexico; Dr. John C. Ceyer, Baltimore, Maryland; and Samuel W. Jensch, Esq., Chairman, Washington, D. C.

Dr.- Thomas H. Pigford, Berkeley, Califo nia, has been designated as a technically qualified alternate.

A prehearing conference will be held by the Board at 10:00 a.m., local tLee, on August 17, 1966, in Buchanan Engine Company, No.1. Inc., Albany Post Road, Buchanau, New York, to consider the matters provided for consideration by 3 2.752 of 10 CFR Part 2 and those matters set forth in Section II, paragraph (a) of the proposed Statement of General Policy (Appendix A to 10.CFR Part 2)'which was published for public comment and interim guidance in the Federal Register (30 F.R. 832) on January 21, 1966.

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(2) The omitted technical information will be supplied; (3) The applicant has p'roposed, and there will be conducted, a research and development program reaconably designed to resolve the saf.ety questions, if any, with.respet.t to those features or components which require research and development; and S

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's'.o consideration the site criteria contained in Part 100, the proposed facility can be constructed and operated at the proposed location without undue risk to the health and safety of the public; 2.

Whether the applicant is technically qualified to design and construct the proposed facility; 3.

Whether the applicant is financially qualified to design and construct the proposed facility;

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Whether the issuance of.a perr.it for the construe.

tion of the facility will be inimical to the co= mon defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.

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As they become available, the application, the report of the Commission's Advisery Committee on Re.ctor Safeguards (ACRE) and the Safety Evaluation by the Commission's regula tory staff will be placed in the Commission's Public Document.

Room,1717 U Street, N. W., Washington, D C., where they vill be aveilable for inspection by members of the public.

Copies of the ACRS report and the regulatory staff's Safety Evaluation may be obtained by reque<c to the Director of the Division of. Reactor Licensing, United States Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C. 20545.

Petitions for leave to intervene, pursuant to the provisions of f 2.714 of the Co= mission's " Rules of Practice,"

must be received in the Office of the Secretary, United States Atomic Energy Commission, Cermantown, Maryland, ' or in the Commission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N. y.,

Washington, D. C.,, not later than August 17, 1966, or, in the event of a postponement of the heoring date specified, at such time as the Board may specify.

Any person who wishes to make an oral or written statement setting forth his position on the issues specified,

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Pending further order of the Board, parties are required to file, pursuant to the provisions of I 2.708 of the Comission's " Rules of Practice," an original and twenty conformed copies of each such paper with the Comission.

UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION By:

W. B. McCool (

Secretary Dated at Washington, D. C.

this 29thday of July,1966.

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Dear Senator Iannedy:

Joyce Shafer j

This refers to your letter of August 23,19M, concerning a prior communication fran Mr. Larry Bogart to Chairman Seaborg in comacctien with the proposed construction of the Intian Point 2 reactor by i

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

i Mr. Dogart's letter, which was dated August 13, 19 %, was answered for the Commission on August 25, 1966, and Ian enclosing a copy of our r

response for your information.

Our letter to Mr. Sogart outlined the procedures which apply to the licensing by the ra==ission of nuclear power reactors and described the issuance of public assouncements by the Commission to news 1 ws in the New York area in this case in addition to the officist Nc ia of Ilearing which was published in t'ae Federal Register as required by statute. We also informed Mr. Logart that a press release concerning i

the forthcoming public hearing had been made by Congressman Richard L.

Ottinger to newspepers in the vicinity of the proposed plant.

We also provided Mr. Bogart with a tc97 of the Reguistory Staff's

" Safety Evaluation" which analyzes die safety of the proposed facility t

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Safeguards, and adrised him of the peatponement of the formal public hearing by the Atomic Safety and Licenslag Board from the date l

originally scheduled (August 31,19M) to September 14, 1966.

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CONSTRUCTION PERMIT EDISON COKPANY - INDIANAPPLICATION OF POlhT 11 CONSOLIDATED 1 have the New York City Oreceived a letter from M the struct the Indian Poiapplication of the C ffice of Radiation Controlr. Hanson Blats, Dir because onsolidated ector of interest in the CoNew York) to New Yo kthe proxisaity ofnt of Mr. Blatz con-City, there has bthe proposed site (Bstates that r

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I have uritton to petition the chance to intervene at the public henrings nou act for august 31, for the Commission's consideret$ on of Consolidated Edison's proposal-to build a new atonic plant-et indir.n roin c (Indian Point btation Unit lio. 2).

I would very much r<ppreciate the opportunity to present a statement in opposition to the proposed atomic plant st this site, at the Buchanan Engine Co., lio.1, Inc. albany Post doed, buenanon, licw York, on Augusi 31.

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Mr. Clerni T. Seeborg, Chairman Atomic Energy Cor.unissi on 1.'a s hi ng te n 2 5, D. C.

Dear Mr. Sceborg :

Notice was recently given by the Atoraic Energy Cornission that there vill be a Public Hearing on August 31 at Duchanan, New York, in reference to the proposed construction of a large nuclear power at Indian Point by Consolidated Edison.

Little publicity was given this notice and we find many interested public organi::ations are un-aware af the hearings. The season of the year makes 1

it difficult for interested parties to do research in sufficient time to have informed representatives at the hearing.

Because this is such a rajor step ard there appear to be compelling reasons for questioning the safety of such a plant so close to populous areas t.nless special precautions are taken, we request this hearing be postponed and sufficient time be allowed in settint; the date for another hearing to allow parties who desire to be heard a chance to preparc.

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