ML19330A267

Forwards Nd Brown 760906 Ltr Opposing Facility Const for Review & Comment.Discusses Lack of Water Supply,Radwaste Disposal & Other Governmental Schemes for State of Mi

ML19330A267
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Site:	Midland
Issue date:	09/08/1976
From:	Griffin R SENATE
To:	NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA)
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. thsEightU.S. nuclear workers powerindustry..-

at the Hanford Nuc a;le-pders7 per cent of. the nation's, efec. ' leases of radiation at any step during Er Reservation were' exposed to'radl .

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produced electricity It.ls expected by 1985. c After touranium.

grow tois 28 ., mined per from-.the the long fuel-han _

o "glovebox." a small, sealed com. . 'The U.S. Nuclear. Regulatory Com. earth, it is packdd in fuel rods, usually partment through which, workers.,usey mission and.. environmental groups as a mixture with ceramic . materials rubber gloves to handle radioactive ena? rdiffer over.thd potential hazards from , covered with ' steel. .They ace trans-

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'y Six . workers were decontaminated' '* Critics and ' supporters. generally plants..They travel the highways again and sent home. while two others were . agree a reactor.. composed of spaced after they are used for disposal or repr.

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remtve radioactivity an official said. nuclear explosion, which requires the The Hanford facility. operated by At.

Two r.urses who-work at a medical fa. . slamming together of very pure atomic tantic . Richfield for the. Energy Re.

cility at the plant also weretwashed andf% materials a m6. - i ,.. . ,e search and.Developcnerit .Adminis-n ems u. tration, has both..reprofessing and returned to work immediatelyAOsly:ab w +I

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1:aked out of the remote buisding wher.e,,. . sabotage.could bination of amalfunction cause reactor core to 4. accidents or . , nc Critics fear . exposure. .cou 1 melt and break through its containment from highway 'or processing accidents.

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-nucteer reactori the mishap may touch., structures.. . .-...

,' radioactive ' To datei nuclear accidents have not cff a new;round of-demands for safe- : fuel. and Waste products vaporized by 'resulted in calamaties or mass public L guards at all nuclear installations, in-- .their own' heat. cou!( spread ' through , exposure to radiation Industry leaders f cluding both chemical facilities and the c the air and reach thodsands of people, point to the record'as proof.the safe-

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astrous tecident in designing the experil ."be to catch. notten fuel and scatter it, then pass the heat on through ' metal ,

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" but ' the could. expose the public to dangerous . that its fuel would warp or melt, bring-auch sernruittee c1 said.nobody.could disaster;are nmote. day,'with .7 tion, although conceding the . Ing larget amounts of fuel together and s

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certainty Th) committee that concluded;in it could notaoccur ,'re'p"o$ '" 9' W M N ' M 61' .

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Y Lt of the debate c,ver whether Michigan is seeIT SHOULD BE made clear at the ou lected as m' dump site for atomic wastes that- Washington and Idaho deserts, and quite an-;. .

thaissue is notwhether the wastes go here or [ lated regions , ry it? such as Michigan an ts Ohio, NewYork or anywhere else. It's no ~ near, cities that, besides s.4 their own resident '

Michigan's nuclear refuse than it is for Michi ;more right that another state accom states. As long as the nation is committed togan.reto ~

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storage of radioact2ve materials in salt beds.. ronn' ental. impact statement on any pro-es is proposeti for Michigan, or;under grea. posed Michigan site could be the catalyst for- '

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