ML20132D741
| ML20132D741 | |
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| Site: | Perry  |
| Issue date: | 09/05/1985 |
| From: | Clay Johnson EMDMDJC |
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| OL, NUDOCS 8509300276 | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA r(
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic sorety and Licensing Appeal Board In the Motter or
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THE CLEVELAND ELECTRIC
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Docket Hos. 50-440 OL
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50-441 OL
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(Perry Nuclear Power Plant,
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Units 1 and 2)
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JOHNSON s
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Johnson, duly suorn depose and say:
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I hold a Masters degree in Public Heoith from the University
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of Californio at Berkeley, MD and H5 degrees from Ohio State University, and DVH ond B5 degrees frem Michigan Secte University.
I have extensive experience in the fields or pathology,, epidemiology, public hedith, and preventive medicine.
I am o recogni:ed expert in the epidemiology or illness due to environmentoi pollutants such as radionuclides.
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The purpose of this arridovit is to address the heoith consequences or exposure er.concer-susceptible persons to the radioactive effluents to be routinely emitted by the Perry Nuclear Pouer Plant (PNPP), which consists of tuo 1005 hue boiling unter reactors (BWRs) located in Lake County in northeastern Ohio.
According to Tables D-1 and D-4 of the Final i
Enviror. mental Statement (FE5), NUREG-0884, each PNPP unit is l
Projected to emit 7280 Curies per year or radioactive noble 9ases, 47 Curies per year or tritium, 9.5 Curies or carbon-14,
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i Omitted as gaseous effluents discharged to the atmosphere.
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to Lone Erie, include 47 Curies of tritium and less than one Curie each of other radionuclides.
It should-be noted that t
these ore projected release 53 operating experience With smaller 4
~BWRs indicates that actuoi releases may be 10 to 200 times I
greater.
For the purposes of this offidovit the FES values will be assumed.
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PHPP meterological data (Final Sofety Analysis Report, g
Section 2.3.2.1.1 and wind rose Figures 2.3-3 through 2.3-6)
ShcW that kinds' art distributed from 011 directions, With I
prevailing winds from the east-southeast clockwise through the o
West-Southwest directions, With on overage Wind Speed of S.2 I
miles per hour.
The 90seous emissions will therefore be dispersed throughout the environment within o 25-40 mile radius.
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Numerous pathway 5 exist by which on individual living in L
.this radius Will be exposed to the radioactive emissions from g
PNPP.- These pothWoys include exte'rnal exposure from gaseous and liquid effluents and rodionuclides deposited on the ground, inholation of iodines and porticulates, ingestion of crops, milk, meat, or aquotic foods containing radionuclides, and drinking contaminated water.
Radioactive elements ingested or inhaled pose o greater i
threat than does external exposure, os on individual carrying on
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internal source will be irrodioted by it continually until it il l
- B" eliminated by biological excretion or radioactive decoy.
In oddition to the rather large omounts of tritium and carbon-14 (and smaller amounts of radiciodine) which are known to
. accumulate internally, it must be recogni:ed that the extremely large quantities of-noble gases to be rel'eosed by PNPP will not remo,in inert but will decoy into biologico11y octive elements, For example, krypton-87, of which PNPP is projected to emit 136 curies, Will. decay into rubidium-87, which hos a half-life of 5E11 years and which will occumulate in the food chain, Xenon-135 (projected PHPP emission of 1093 Curies) decoys into cesium-135~,- having a hair-life of 3 million yearsi and Which is again biologically octive, Krypton-88 decoys into rubidium-88; xenon-138 decoys into cesium-138.
These substances have shorter a
hal f.-l i v e s, but will be absorbed by living organisms, 5..
It is well recognized that exposure to low levels of ionising radiation con induce concer.
It is now recognited that there is no asofe' level of radiction exposure, and that low l
levels of radiction may in fact pose o greater concer risk per i
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Tem.than higher levels, i
There are o number of mechanisms of radiation domoge to body cells, including domoge to blood vessels, domoge to o cell's membrone, formation of harmful substances such as hydrogen peroxide, domoge to the reticulo-endothelial system (such that white blood cells foil to recognize and eliminate foreign protein and concer cells), and direct domoge to a cell's nucleus.
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When ioni:ing radiation interacts with body cells, there are t
four possible outcomes. (1) no domoge is done; (2) the cell is killed or domoged such that it connot reproduce itself; (3) the cell'is domoged, but the domoge is repaired; or (4) the cell is domoged but survives and reproduces itself in a disturbed form, eventually forming a malignoney, although the concer may not become apparent until 5, 10 or even 50 y ears ar ter the exposure to radiokion, the injury occurred-ot the time or exposure,
.Thus, chronic exposure to ionizing radiotion (os will occur in
'on individual living in the vicinity or PNPP and consuming rood ond Water contaminated by the routine radicoctive errluents from PNPP) i
' constitutes-irreparable harm, os there is no Way or repairing the corcinogenic domoge to body cells that Will occur.
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i release into.'the environment indicate O grave risk to the heoith or those living near PflPP.
6, It is believed thot genetic roctors ploy a role in determining Which Persons in a population exposed to carcinogens will be arrlicted with concer, A person hcVing a history or i
concer On both sides or the romily is especially at risk.
It ss my professional opinion that the exposure of such a person to i '
the radioactive erriuents from PflPP constitutes severe f
irreparable harm and should be avoided at all costs, t
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, NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0ffMI55 ION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board In the Hotter of
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THE CLEVELAND ELECTRIC
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Docket Nos. 50-440 OL ILLUMINATING CO. ET AL.
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50-441 OL
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(Perry Nuclear Power Plant,
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Units 1 and 2)
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1 AFFIDAVIT OF SUSAN L.
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I, Susan L.
Hiatt, duly sworn, depose and say:
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I am o member of Ohio Citi: ens for Responsible Energy 2.
I reside opproximately 12.5 miles SW-W5W of the Perry Nuclear Power Plants 3.
I frequent the immediate vicinity of the Perry Nuclear Power Plant for business and recreational purposes; 4.
I consume foods grown in the immediate vicinity of the Perry Huclear Power Plant 5.
I obtain Water for drinking, cooking, bothing, and garden i
irrigation from Loke Eries 6.
There is a history of concer on both my mother's and father's sides of my family.
t Susan L.
Hicht rn to and subscribed before is day of
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE DClnETE:
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COHH.
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' RTOHIC SAFETY & LICENSING BOARD OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY CONH.
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COHN.
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