ML18031A230

Opposes Issuance of Facility Licenses Until Problems of Waste Disposal Have Been Solved & Assurance Can Be Given That Low Level Radiation Will Not Be Harmful to Population or Environ

ML18031A230
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	08/11/1979
From:	HERSHEY M L AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 7908160406
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DearMr.Hendrie:

Inotewi.thmuchapprehension, thattheNRChasrecommended licensing oftheenvironmental impactsaraantic-sated fromnormaloperational releasesofradioactive materials

."Ifindthisstatement tobebotharrogantandmisleading tothepublic.First,pleasedefineformewhat"significant" means.Anylowlevelradiation releasesaresignificant ashasbeenadmittedandproven,evenbytheoldAECandthebbRC'sownstudies.Thereisnosafelevelofradiation exposure.

Howcanyousaythenthatreleasesareof"nosignificance?"

Secondly, you"anticipate" noenvironmental impacts.MayIremindyouthatThreeMileIslandwasnot"anticipated" orplannedforeither.Wheremanisin-volved,therevillneverbeasafenuclearpowerplant.Thenuclearwayisanunforgiving vay.Oncetheunanticipated happens,itstayswithusforgenerations.

Thirdly,itistimetotellthepublicthetruthregarding the"normaloperational releases" fromnuclearplants.Howmuch"normal"radiation villbeorisprojected tobereleasedbytheBerwickplant,howmuch"normal"radiation iscurrently beingreleasedbytheooerating plantsinthiscountry,andwhosetsthese,andhowarethese"normal"releaseceilinglevelsset?Thecurrentstandards wereinitially setinordertojustifyatomicbombtesting.Thosestandards werekeptinordertojustifynuclearpowerplantsbecausethenuclearindustryandourgovernment recognizes thatnoplantoperateswithout"normal"releasesofradiation.

Recognizing thattheAZC,KC,andothersc'ent'fic studieshaveproventhatthereisnosafelevelofradiation

ezposure, negatesthe"normal"releasestandards currently used.Normalmaybenormalforanuclearplant,butnotforacleanenvironment andcertainly not"orthehealthandsafetyofthepublic.

iver.JosephH.HendrieAugust30,1.979Page2Moreover, theboilingreactorcoresattheBezwickplantareuntriedandun-provenastotheiroverallsafetyandfunctioning.

Itdoesnatmatterhowremoteanaccidentofanykindmaybe,a.chanceisstillthere,especial1.y withanewdesign.Iton1.ytakesoneaccidenttoreleasedangerous radiation.

Thesafetyequipment andmenattheBerwickplantareuntriedandunprovenjustastheywereatTHZ.Lastly,letususehonest,straightforward 1.anguage andtellthetruth."Thetemporary lossofhabitatmayhavesignificant adverseimpactsontheaquaticcommunity inthevicinityofthesite,"reallymeansthatitwouldkillallfishandwildlifecurrent1y livingnearthesite.Insummary,theBerwickplantisanotherthreattotheSusquehanna RiverValley,anaddedburdenanddangernotneededbythepeopleofCentralPennsylvania.

Theplantasanuclearfacility, shouldnotbelicensedandoperated.

Itisnotsafetothenormalenvironment ofthepeopleinCentralPennsylvania.

Itisincumbent ontheNRCinitscharge"toprotectthehealthandsafetyofthepub1.ic"totellusthetruthabouttheBerwickplantandtheothernuclearpowerp1ants.Pleaseinformmeinwhateverscientific ornon-scientific termsyouwish:i'>2.Onwhatbasisdoyoucalculate the"anticiaated" occurrences?

TheRasmussen Reportnasalreadybeenproventobeincorrect.

3.Howdoyoudefine"normal"?Normaloperational levelsofradiation

.emissionarequitedifferent andseparatefromnormalbackground levelsofradiation alreadyexistingintheenvironment.

Also,becauseofbombtestingandpowerplantsthe"normal"levelsozbackground radiation haveincreased overthepast30years.4.Whatindividuals, byname,setthese"normal"levels?5.Howmuchnormal"radiation willbee~ectedtobereleasedinBerwick?6.WhataretheNRC'srecorded, documented levelsofnormal"radiation releasesfromtheoperating plantsintheUnitedStates?

Nr.JosephN.HendrieAugust30,1979Page3Thankyouforyouranticipated promptresponsetotheabove.Sincerely, WarrenL.Prelesnik cc:RichardT.Kennedy,Commissioner JohnF.Ahearne,Commissioner PeterA.Bradford, Commissioner VictorGilinsky, Commissioner RichardS.Schweiker H.JohnHeinz,IIIAllenE.ErtelGeorgeW.GekasRudolphDininniStephenR.ReedPennsylvania Power6Light