ML20235D553

Answer of Suffolk Scientists for Cleaner Power & Safer Environ to Petition to Intervene on Issue of Migration of Plant Radiation of Food by Js Turner.Petition Would Introduce Further Unnecessary Delay in Proceedings

ML20235D553
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Site:	05000000, Shoreham
Issue date:	09/11/1970
From:	Volkmann A SUFFOLK SCIENTISTS FOR CLEANER POWER & SAFER ENVIRONM, ZWISSLER, DIEDOLF, VOLKMANN
To:	US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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ANSWER OF SUFFOLK SCIENTISTS FOR CLEANER POWER AND SAFER ENVIRONMENT TO THE PETITION TO INTERVENE ON THE ISSUE OF MIGRATION OF PLANT RADIATION OF FOOD BY JAMES S. TURNER.

By petition filed on September 2,1970 James S. Turner, Esq. requested leave to intervene in this proceeding. The Suffolk Scientists for Cleaner Power and Safer Environment, an earlier intervenor, opposes this inter-vention because it is unnecessary, presumptuous, and untimely.

Apparently, this petitioner seeks to provide protection for the general public against radioactive contamination of foodstuffs by coercing the United States Food and Drug Administration to participate in this and all other Atomic Energy Commission Licensing proceedings.

Suffolk Scientists for Cleaner Power and Safer Environment respect-fully submits that such intervention by the Food and Drug Administration is unnecessary and redundant. The area surveillance by the Bureau of Radiological Health, United States Department of Health Education and Welfare, the Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Compliance, the New 8709250265 070921 PDR FOIA MENZ87-111 PDR 1

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r York State and Suffolk County Health Departments will provide adequate protection against radioactive contamination of foodstuffs. We submit that, lacking specific statutory obli6ation, it would be inappropriate, and unnecessary for the Food and Dnig Administration to duplicate the efforts of these other duly authorized bodies.

It should be noted that exhaustive studies of the environs of operating nuclear power stations disclose no detectable radioactive contamination in farm products and other foodstuffs due to plant effluents ( e.g. see Bernd Kahn, et al. , " Radiological Surveillance Studies at a Boiling Water Nuclear Power Reactor", Bureau of Radio-logical Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare (1970b There is no evidence to indicate cause for alarm about food contamination around nuclear power plants. There is no evidence that the existing 4

surveillance procedures are inadequate. J J

We respectfully submit that the petition of James S. Turner, Esq.

is presumptuous in attempting to circumvent the established licensing f procedures by forcing the intervention of another agency of the federal i government.

Finally, we respectfully submit that the untimely petition of James S. Turner, Esq. would introduce further unnecessary delay in the proceedings since he has not to this date submitted expert testimony as to facts offered in his petition. Attachments to the petition indicate that the nature of his testimony would be hearsay and spurious.

I Further delay in the absence of substantial new facts not already well- ]

known to the parties to the proceedings seems unjustified. We submit j that petitioner has failed to adequately justify untimely filing.

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WHEREFORE,:Intervenor prays that the Petition of Janes S.

Turner, Esq.-be deraied.

Dated: Patchogue, New York..

September 11, 1970 SUFFOLK' SCIENTISTS FOR CLEANER POWER AND SAFER ENVI NMENT By: lJ/m l 8 i}C rr w v l ALFRED A. VOLKMANN, 'ESQ.

ZWISSLER, DIEDOLF, VOLKMANN, ESQS.

Attorneys for the Intervenor Office and Post Office Address One South Ocean Avenue - Box 50l+

Patchogue, New York 11772 O

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