ML17297B129

Comments on NUREG-0841,facility Des.Effects of Rn-222 on Humans Should Be Explained More Fully

ML17297B129
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	12/14/1981
From:	Doherty J AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	Stephans C NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY)
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RTR-NUREG-0841, RTR-NUREG-841 NUDOCS 8112280311
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Comments on NUREG-080lifacility DES'ffects of Rn-'222 on humans shoul<<d be explained more fully>

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~y December 14, 1981 4527 hlconbury Houston, Tx. 77021 Mr. Chase R. Stephens Docketing 8 Service Branch U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington D. C. 20555 RE: COMMENTS ON NUREG-0841, DRAPE ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT, RELATED TO THE OPERATION OP. PALO VERDE CLEAR GENER-ATING STATION, UNITS 1,2, and 5.

To whom it may concern:

Below are my comments on the DES, provided recently on my request.

Dohert Comment 1 In Appendix G, the following statement occurs, "To illustrate: a single-model 1000-Mt'1e LfiR operating at an 80-percent capacity factor for 50 years would be predicted.

to induce between 5.5 and 5.7 cancer fatalities in 100 years, 5.7 and. 17 in 500 years, and. 56 and. 60 in 1,000 years as a result of releases of radon-222." This is the clearest explaination of radon Xrom the fuel. cycle on human beings. The Z<'ES should contain:

a) The range of fatalities for the project at the expected.

capacity factor for 40 years from cancer, for those years; b) The range of cancers which do not kill induced by radon-222 . at the expected capacity'actor their victims for 40 years from the fuel cycle, for those years; c) The range of number of birth d.efects induced by x'adon-222 fuel cycle activity for the project for 40 years for those years at the expected capacity factor; and d.) The range of fatal birth defects induced. by radon=222 fuel cycle activity for the project for 40 years at, the expected, capacity factor, for 100 years, 500 years and. 100~ears.

That is, the effect of radon-222 on humans should be explained more, fully than it is in the DES. Thank you for the opportunity to comment.

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