ML20004C492

Petition to Intervene in Spent Fuel Pool Expansion Hearing

ML20004C492
Person / Time
Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	05/29/1981
From:	James Smith OLDER AMERICANS FOR ELDERLY RIGHTS
To:	NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY)
References
NUDOCS 8106040165
Download: ML20004C492 (2)

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PETITION FOR IEAVE TO IhTERYENE

.- Older Americans for Elderly Rights (hereafter referred to as  !

0.A.E.R.), la senior citizen non-profit organization incorporated in  !

Illinois law, and based in Rock Island County, Illinois, (at 1806 '

2nd Avenue, Rock Island, II. 61201) requests the Comission to grant -

a hearing and the right to intervene in the matter of Commonwealth- i Edison Company's request for an amendment of its Facility Operating '

License Nos. DPR-29 and DPR-30, for operation of the Quad Cities Station, units 1 and 2 located near Cordova, Il.

. The proposed amendment would modify the technical specifications to increase the combined spent fuel storage capacity from 2920 spaces to 7570 spaces. 7C "3r r - -

- _ . .__ ._This petition is filed pursuant to Section 2.714 and 2.715 (c) of  !

~ ~~ ~TitTe~10 of'tYe Code of Federal Regulatiens Part 2 and the " Notice of -

l Bi-oposed Issuance of Amendments to Facilfty Operating Licenses" Apr:L1 30, i 1981 (46 F.R. 24336). l l

l Interest of 0.A.E.R.:

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1. Most of the membership of 0.A.E.R. (341, at last count) live in l the effected area, within a 25 mile radius of the Cordova Station.  !

which makes the group interested parties to the license amending l request.

2. Tripling the spent fuel storage at Cordova would drastically in-crease the possible health hazard in the area at a time when most rece.nt findings (e.g. Science Magazinc, May 15, 1981) indicate that low-level radiation, so-called, is pre ving to present a greater risk i to life and health than was originall3 thourht to be the case.

3. The long life of the spent fuel radiation merely compounds an al-ready hazardous situation by projecting the danger long into the future I and making necessary extensive and e.3rpensive surveillance.

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4. Provision for safety at Cordova, in the matter of storage especially, also, constitutes a problem which should be postively related to be-fore any increase in storage space be designated. (Recent evacuation drills at Cordova-Wednesday, May 20,1981--have received mixed r edews. hO t leaving the whole matter of general safety uncertain.)-

5. Possibilities off,epvironmental polution, e.g., land, Mississippi c

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Petition to Intervene (continued) - 2 and of atmosphere spent are further dangers attending any increase in storage, fuel at Cordova. *

6. Recent scientific findings placing the Quad-Cities and Cordova on a major earthquake fault line (long overdue, the finding report) multiplies further the risks of making the Quad-Cities Station a large storage area for spent fuel.

7. Occupational hasards to station workers from exposure. to increased radiation emanating from defective fuel stored in the spent fuel pool are another matter of concern for local residents.

8. The risk in so multiplying storage space at Cordova as to make a

• major _ " dumping ground" for radioactive waste in this neighborhood of ,

Illinois creates an unwelecae precedent for future on the spot storage.

9. The possible dangers involved in transit of spent fuel from Comon-wealth-Edison Company's other plants to the Cordova station broadens considerably the area of possible contamination.

10. The present uncertainty in the nuclear power industry as to cost -

raises the further question of whether or not Commonwealth-Edison

- will be ready and able to make the necessary, costly adjustments, if and when the storage facility requires major alteration and repair. 1 0.A.E.R. has no property or financial interest which would be effected directly by granting the request of Commonwealth-F.dison in the licensing matter, except the property investments of 1(members (

who live in the involved area, l

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' WCFaimoliw,eiltY Edison C0. A.E.R. requests a hearing and the right to intervene ompany's request to ' amend its Facility Oper- i ating License as reported in Notices, Federal Register,' Vol. 46, No.

33, Thursday, April 30,1981, p. 24336.  !'

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