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For Administrative Use Only Discussion of the Role of State of California in Environmental-Radiological Health Pertaining to the Bodega Bay Atomic Park based upon a meeting held on April 17, 1963.
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This report was prepared at the request of the Chief, Nuclear Facilities g.
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Radiological Health, USPHS and is submitted to the Section for review h
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June 20, 1963-DISCUSSION'0F THE ROLE OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH PERTAINING TO THE BODEGA BAY ATOMIC PARK On April 17, 1963, the California Coordinator of Atomic Energy Development and C"~7 Radiation Protection, representatives of the California Department of Public 1
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Health and representatives of the U. S. Public Health Service met at the De.
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State of California: Alexander Grendon, Coordinator of Atomic Energy
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Frank Stead,' Chief, Division of Environmental Health, L,.m'.
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Amasa Cornish, Associate Health Physicist
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Ernest D. Harvard, Radiological Health Consultant, 1
Region IX, Division of Radiological Health V
Jay S. Silhanek, Sanitary Engineer, Division of d
Radiological Health Michael E. Mecsas, Sanitary Engineer, Division of Radiological Health The principal California laws and regulations pertaining to radiation pro'tection are found in certain excerpts from the California Health and Safety Code, California Penal Code, and California Administrative Code which were assembled in an information pamphlet (Appendix A). The legal responsibilities of the State Department of Public Health and of the Coordinator of Atomic Energy-I
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Development & Radiation Protection regarding' environmental radiological health are found in this Appendix. Other State agencies, such as.the De.--
partment of Agriculture, Department of Fish and' Game, Department of Water Resources, and Water Pollution Control Boards, have their several legal responsibilities related to this matter.
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Activities of the Coordinator of Atomic Enersty Development and Radiation 7
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Protection: The Stcte policy of encouraging atomic energy.d'evelopment while h
assuring ra'diation protection to the public requires the Coordinator to re-
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commend a balance between "the benefits and hazards of such development and
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uses", to keep the interested State departments and agencies informed of V~i private and public activities affecting the peaceful uses of atomic energy,
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I pretations thereof concerning atomic energy development..
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participation by the Coo'rdinator in public discussions of the matter. In a y-s~
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letter to the California Public Utilities Commission, he outlined the role D.C.'n' of the State of California in the radiological aspects of nuclear power plants in California. This is shown on the' third page of Appendix B.
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the case of the Bodega plant, the Coordinator has consulted with represen-tL tatives of the Division of Mines and Geology in the Department of Conservation and representatives of the Division of Architecture in the Department of Public Works, regarding the adequacy of the site in terms of seismology.
He has also met with many other public agencies that are involved in con-sideration of the project.
The Coordinator circulates the Hazards Su:. mary Reports 'to interested State agencies for co= ment and includes their comments with his own review in a
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discussion of safety considerations with the reactor license applicant land the AEC. He' routinely intervenes on behalf of the State in all hearings on reactor construction p,ermits and licenses in California or likely to affect California (e.g.,' the N.S. Savannah).
-Environmental Surveillance:
The State of California has an extensive environmental radiation program.
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issue of their quarterly Radiological Health News (Appendix C), which also w
describes the' type of program established in the vicinity of nuclear reactors.
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The Bureau of Radiological Health, Division of Environmental Sanitation, K
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. Department of Public Health, reviewed the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's I
preoperational radiological survey for the Humboldt Bay' plant and approved
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the survey program..Both their approval and the PG&E program are given as e
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Appendix D.
In the case of Bodega,- the Bureau, of Radiological Health, has b@
engaged in preliminary discussions with PG&E-regarding the establishment of 1., _
an environmental monitoring program.
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Due to the possibility of high Il31 levels in milk from fall-out, an emergency j
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plan of action has been established so that upon implementation, human exposure I
from contaminated milk would tend to be reduced. The Department of Agriculture p--
is the controlling agency for milk and unprocessed food products in the State of California. The Bureau of Radiological Health would recognize from its routine surveillance if the iodine level warranted action.and would notify-l I
the Department of Agriculture to initiate their plan of action. This plan and agreement between the milk producers and processors and the Department of Agriculture is shown in Appendix E.
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Four copies of the routine environmental monitoring reports of 'the Humboldt l
I Reactor are sent to the Atomic Energy Coordinator. He retains one and for-
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wards one to the Department of Fish and Game and two to the Department of j
i Public Health, from where one is forwarded to the local health agency.
In California, the Regional Water Pollution Control Boards have the respon-1 i
sibility for controlling pollution of the waters. Through an agreement with the Atomic Energy Coordinator (Appendix P), the Department of Public Health I
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in regard to the radiological aspects of water pollution.
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'fhe general recommendations of the Department of Public Health regarding the v
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Humboldt Bay plant were submitted to the Coordinator for review in November g,
1960 (Appendix G) and wsre incorporated in the waste discharge requirements
.h established by the Regional Board. In November 1961, PG6E prepared their se detailed suggested sampling program for Humboldt Bay and this was later f:~.i E;t"~
presented to the Regional Board. The Regional Board received comments on E~.
this suggested program from the Bureau of Radiological Health, Department e..
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of Public Health. The Department of Fish and Game submitted comments to l
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the Department of Public Health. The comments of both Departments, the e
suggested program by PG&E, and the Regional Water Pollution Control Board's cpproval of the program are enclosed as Appendix I.
In regard to the Bodega Bay plant, the Department of Public Health has taken preliminary steps toward the development of a similar program.
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i b The Pacific Gas & Electric Co., after discussions with' State and local au-thorities, prepared the Humboldt Bay Power Plant Site Emergency Plan i
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the State Department of Public Health in the event of an accident that
,might cr'eate a hazard to the public. State and local agencies have de-veloped a plan (Appendix J) which ties in with the company's plan. Such a plan will be formulated for the Bodega Bay. Reactor.at_ the plant's oper-F1 ational stage.
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provisional' certificate of public convenience and necessity to PG&E for
$r the Bodega Bay plant. The interim opinion issued by the Commission in L..
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November 1962 is contained in Appendix K.
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.i pv-APPENDICES Appendix A - Laws and Regulations Relating to Atomic Energy Development andf Radiation Protection, Excerpts from California Health and Safety Code, California Penal Code, California Administrative Code - 1962 Appendix B - Copy of letter from the California Atomic Energy Coordinator to h
the California Public Utilities Commission dated December 11, 1962, (9 pages) i b
Appendix C - State of California Radiological Health News, Vol. 2, No.1, k
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pa Appendix D - Copy of letter from the Chief, Bureau of Radiological Health, Division of Environmental Sanitation, Department of Public F
Health, to the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. dated November 15, a
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-g3 of Market Milk and the State of California, Department of Wii p
Agriculture dated Feb. 4,1963
[p. i Appendix F - Copy of Memorandum of Understanding between the California Regional Water Pollution Control Boards and the Coordinator, L _J Office of Atomic Energy Development and Radiation Protection together with copy of memorandum re the above from the Atomic Energy Coordinator dated January 5, 1961 and copy of the signed Memorandum of Understanding dated February 24, 1961 Appendix,G - Copy of memorandum from the Assistant Chief, Bureau of Radio-e y
logical Health, Department of Public Health to the Atomic Energy Coordinator, dated November 28, 1960, together with k
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t 2-RecommendationstotheNorthCoastRegionalWaterhollution Control Board for the PG&E Humboldt Bay. Reactor Appendix H - Copy of letter from the North Coastal Regional Water Pollution Control Board to the Pacific Gas'& Electric Company, dated I
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' Pebruary 7, 1962; copy of memorandum from se Department of J
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Program, Department of Public Health, dated January 15, 1962; r.
E copy of consultant's Suggested Sampling Pre; ram for Humboldt-R~
Bay, 1961-62 Radiological Background Survey, dated November 29, i
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Appendix I - The Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Humboldt Bay Power Plant k;.
Site Emerg'ency Plan dated May 1, 1962 V?
Appendix J - Emergency Plan for Nucicar Reactor Humboldt Bay, Coordinated
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and prepared by California Highway Patrol Appendix K - Interim Opinion issued by the Public Utilities Commission of t
3 the State of California regarding the Bodega Bay Atomic Park, k
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