ML20202E219

Forwards Story from Charlottesvile,Va Daily Progress Reporting on Recent Comments by W Rowe of EPA on Radioactive Emissions from Nuclear Power Plants & on Geologic Situation at VEPCO Site at North Anna

ML20202E219
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Site:	North Anna
Issue date:	10/04/1973
From:	Harris J US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
To:	Larson, Ray, The Chairman US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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NUDOCS 9902020339
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Commissioner Anders C0;&fENT BY DR. RONE OF EPA ON " NUCLEAR DANGERS" Enclosed is a story from the Charlottesville, Virginia, Daily Progress _ reporting on recent comments by Dr.

Willian Rowe of EPA on radioactive emissions from nuclear power plants and on the geologic situation at the Virginia Electric and Power Company's sito at North Anna.

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0h{h*j s The Environmer.ta3 Protectica Dr. William Howe. EPA's, press NAEC rep $rts that EPA's position on nucles. safety, but

' Agency will release a report Deputy Auistant Adtninistrator forthcoming report warns that has apparently r ace a 120 next mor.th on the dangers of for Itadiation Programs, told the radioactive emissions from de::ree turn on tn, e safety issue, radioactive emissior.s from North Anna Environmental r.uclear power plants can cause In conversation auh NAEC nuc! car power plants, and a Coalition Friday that the report !"f: cases in the rate of cancer. rep.esentatives. Dr ?.c 4 e spoke major revision of radiation and new standards wou:d be iniant mortality and leukemia in abn:t the recent d.sc.'asures that -

standards for power plants to the fortheorning in October or early populations throughout the Ncr:h Anna nuclea reac: cts are nuc! car industry and to the November. world. located on a geoic;;tal fault.

Atunic Energy Commission. In a statement released to the The expected revision of l s reaHy on a fault; upe radiation standards from the got a real pr p e mt EPA would involve a significant stopped a plant in Puerto Rico reduction of the radiation a which was sited on a fault. Dr.

ouclear plant is allowed to Rowe said.

release into the environment. Dr. Rowe also stressed the problems of nucle.it accidents NAEC reports that the stan ar.d nuc! car waste d sposal. and dard revision would mean that emphasized that the public some plants might have to close sho L if the new standards could not be Dr. Itowe said. ' l'm not met. NAEC has long questioned saying the AEC is incompetent, the a'dvisability of four reactors fbut they certainly dan't make on the Louisa site.

In the past the EPA backed the Inicrmation availaMe. We need l ta see proof of the safety they l Atomic Energy Commission's claim."

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