ML20127J708
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| Site: | Monticello  |
| Issue date: | 05/22/1968 |
| From: | Badalich J MINNESOTA, STATE OF |
| To: | Price H US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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Dear Mr. Price:
Pursuant to our telephone conversation on May 17, 1968, regarding my request to have representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission meet with our Agency and other interested persons on the subject of nuclear-fueled power plants, I wish to subrdt the following information relative to our discussion.
As you know, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is responsible for set-ting standards regarding the emission level of radioactive wastes for the State We au currently considering issuanco of a vaste disposal pe mit of Minnesota.
for the Northern States Power Company's nuclear power plant at Monticello, Minne-sota, and several questions have been raised which impols the Agency to review These questions relato the entire matter before taking any action on the pemit.
primarily to basic standards which should be applied for the protection of our Minnesota enviro.; ment.
It is felt by many that the AEC standants are not necessarily the radio-activity standards desirable for the State of Minnesota, and in order to better prepare you for the forthcoming meeting with our people, I will attempt to list briefly come of the questions asked our Agency regarding this subject.
Ynat is the difference, and why the difference, in the radioactivity stan-dards of other national and international agencies having an interest in this area of waste disposal, these agencies being, but not necessarily limited to, the U. S. Atcmic Energy Co=aission, the U. S. Public Health Service,.the Federal Radiation Council, the. National C%~.dttee on Radiation Protection, the Inter-national Atomic Energy Agency, and the International Committee on Radiation Protection?
In that the AEC promotes, regulates, and constructs nuclear power plants, why should this Agency also set the standards for levels of radioactive dischargo to the environment?
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2-5/22/1968 Mr. Harold L. Price h'ashington, D. C.
l Is it feasible and practical to operate a nuclear power plant on the so-called " closed cycle" so that all radioactive wastes (both liquid and solid) are retained and disposed of in a manner other than to the local environment?
I am sure there are many other questions regarding the type and the amount j
of radioactive isotopos being released that bear explanation.
i You indicated to no that after receipt of this letter you would contact me so as to discuss, also, the possibility of our visiting your facilities in Wash-i irc,on prior to the date of the meeting in Minnesota.
If at all possible, I would like to arrange the public meeting here in Minnesota for the week of June 3, 1963.
9 May-I please hear from you at your earliest possible convenience rega.%
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,1 fo.m r idroartive wastes.
"I wam the a nm er s ml %g g 3,.2 hmm'medi-M writinn :,o that the Al:C ( an't f s,.r.,gy of Minne,o'a turn around and say, when a al schoo! professor wl." has they rneet w,ith uv hat th :t l ed the fight against the re-l isn;t w,,a. t they meant Gad-l g eo whnactive materials ler dernanded--
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i comp?cte prohibition ought cent laboratory study b, a to at Icast im considered. IIe University of Minnedota zo.L has arnut d in t!it- ; cut that ology situk o t which indi. any amount of radioactivity
.cated thrit radio,ictivity I. y. relea m t into the su rrotn:d-els in the Ma;j. sippi g r iv.,r in;: e n v i r o n n e n t can be below the Elk River, Minn., hasmful in the long run.
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Ev>He Gorham urxed t h a t j. I rcrtor Joh i Cadatic h said the the PCA hire a group from. I o
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AEC had refused to mectl thejlJ St.
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chnnic plants. The PC's voted consultants. he said. are en-; - l Afornic Pfarit I^" !"""*
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My GEORGE McCORMICK the Montice!!o plant.
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P,ut G.idice. who ruegested attorney, objected to the tone, g An atomic pov.cr plant at I"st month that snecifk ques.
of Gad!cr's letter saying th:.t j y Elk River,'Minn., is increas-tion; about the safety stand, it might indicate to the pub-t g iag rarlicactivity in the Mis-ards be F.tt b m i t t e d to the
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estly believe is nec essary to Agency (PCA) charged Tues.
sofa to answer thcsc ques.
operate a c!c2m ptant/* Ren-
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Steve J. Gadler, St. Poul.
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from a study of clams in the imnerstand their reluctance to d the matter fur-ther.peuss tiver above and be'ow the plant. The study was made by a Unnersity of Minnesota TI!E POS!~llON ef the 7 oology student.
AEC, Bort hett said, seems toi.
The figures indicate that f>e that since heatings on thej
,yonticello all the (Icestic'es that couldl plant are over, "mayba there is something at Fik River and in the Missis-sippi that we should consid-be ashed have been acked.)j er" before approving the op-am! all the questions that t eration of nuclear - powered C"".Id b answered hat e beenl
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and Red W a n g,l of t h e questions subrnitted r.mauccuo Gadier said.
last month w e r o answered The Elk River plant is op-when br> met with the AEC erated by the Rural Co-opera-last week. and Dr. Ilm.vard tive Power Association.
Andersen, who was wit h -
Gadice propcsed that:
' bdalich then, said the feder-al agency was refusing f a chs-The PCA have a scientifict
-russ the issce publicly be-3 study made to detcynine the effect of nuclear plants.
muse it "would be put in the awkward positirin of defend-Northern States Power Co.
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(NSM which plans to oper-Cadler urged that the PCA
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ate the Monticello and Red press the AEC for written an-Wing 3 : ants, determine the costs packaning radioac~
swers to its tjucstions. The group decided to resubtait give u sies and shippm3 them to the Atomic Ener%Y; its questions, along with any sent it by other organira-Comoussion (AEC) for !>uriall tinus or individuals in the instead of discharging them sicxt 10 d.ws.
into the Mississi;)pi.
Gadler's suggestions came THE NEbT point of con-tention was a proposal to
, in a letter to PCA Chairman l hire a consultant to help the Itobert Turcson, which wast PCA deal with radioactive read mto the record at ai meeting of the agency in the!
pollution. The agency voted Veterans Service Buildmg sa to do m last month 'and au-St. Paul yesterday.
thorized Ldafich to review
. Gad!cr s:nd he wrote a su, n-proposals from four consult-iLir letter m May "and noth-ing groups and iecommend in: hap;)ened.* so he made which to idre.
his second Ict:cr public.
It a d a li c h recommended Tuveson was not present yesterday that cl! ~four pro-
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' the issues to be studied be 3 y O t-1 redefined. The study should
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