ML20080L125

Requests NRC to Revoke License of Neely Nuclear Research Reactor & Shut Down Licensee Operations & Support Facilities

ML20080L125
Person / Time
Site:	Neely Research Reactor
Issue date:	03/02/1995
From:	Davis L, Marlone Davis AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	NRC
References
NUDOCS 9503020071
Download: ML20080L125 (2)

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hoGoif.'JItfisThaishably ' ground, has ixi real containment dome, is .in an earthquake zone, l has .contamiriated surrcInnMng soil, vegetcion end sewer systems, vents radiation to air and !

has a history of problems. Approx. 400,000 Curies of (radioactive) Cobalt-60 are also store; l on alte and approx. 6,000~ Ouries of Cesium-137 are stored under the floor of a nearby buildi '

B) Liscence withdrawal NATIONWIDE involving the discharging or dumping of ANY quantity of I radioactive material to all sewers or vators of the United States or oceans of the worlf.. ,

C) Liscence withdrawal from ALL nuclear facilities, including nuclear power planta, nation-wide, which operate under "As Low As Reasonably Achievchle"(ALARA), principles.

Explanation of reasons for reouest to URC:

Contrary to popular- belief, the entire nuclear fuel cycle - fron nining of uranium to transportation of nuclear materials, to nanufacture of nuclear weapons /projdctiles/so,eclle

" Depleted Uranium" amour piercing munitions, to nucloar. power plant and< nuclear research reactors - ALLOWS the emission of DEADLY RADIOACTIVE CO:.TN:INETS TO AIR, SOIL, VEGETATION AE WATER, as thpy operate under a system called "ALARA". It means, you're allowed to release radioactive crud to the enviroment ne long as releases are kept As Low As _ Reasonably Achie-ahle i.e. ALARA, depending on what you want to spend on contcining releases, uhat available equipment you have, nnd such. In other vords it rute econonics above concern for hecith an the environment. Due to the nature of radiation, such relerses under ALARA pemit illness contamination and deaths. The only way to avoid these deatha - which medical nuclear exper l Dr. John Gofman calls " planned deaths" - is to have Zd30 releases.

whether naturally occurring or human made. The so-calledTHEE IS HO " SAFE "pemissible n and LEVEL"

" allowable" 0F doses RADIAI' ION, / limits / guidelines / standards are a bunc They ;;rew out of recot:nendations made 44 yocra ago b the International Commission on Radio-logical Protection (ICRP). The ICRP itself had accepted stendards agreed upon by nuclear physicists from the Mnnhatten Project (WII atomic bonb project) even though these physicie-had NO health credentials. Although the ICRP has issued sone updates it persists in its basic views /recomendations "to allow reasonable latitude for the expansion of atomic energ-programs" - not to protect health. Even NRC admitted in 1978 there was no safe level of exposure, a fact that had been known for years. The effects of radiation are cumulative.

Any exposure constitutes a threat as ionizing radiation seriously disrupts the chemistry of the cell, leading to later events we may see as 1"mpheta. leukenia, breast or lung cancer, asthma, spontaneous abortion, heart problems, deforned offspring, sterility, ovarion/ repro-ductive problems, thyroid problems, or death. '1orhers in nuclear industries are allouedto l be exposed to even higher levels of radiation than the cu ent appelling levels allow to t';

genorcl public. Furthemore, as soon as they enter the workelece such workers are not con-sidered to be " members of the public" by U3C and industry am; nore, so less protection is given. The deadly effects of Cobalt-60 and Oesium-137 cre nell known. Cobalt-60's effect c DNA at low e::posure cce horrendous, lot clone that e:~osure to C0-60 and C-137 can kill. l 9503020071 950302 1 PDR ADOCK 05000160 paGe 1 of 2

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um (Piliation cannot be rendered harnless. It has to decay to its stable state which nay tab millions of years. The term " half-life" means nothing except that its still radioactive.

e.g. if yoh.tehk Cesium -137,(with a half- life of approx.30 years) in the amount of a

> ' pound, at the end of thirty years, you'd have half a pound, at the .end.of. 30 more years a quarter of a pound, at the end of 30 nore years an eighth of n' pound etc. it takes ten 20 half-lives on average for sonething to go through various stages of re.dioactive decay to become stable / harmless (this exanple is given to illustrate the idea of"Balf-life" bei a useless phrase when it comes to safety, as nost people think when the half-life is reac.

ed, everythings fine). When radioactive contaminants are dumped to sewers, they wind up eventually often in drinking water, having contaminated lines, treatment plants, sewage sludges and creeks / rivers en route to drinking water intake plante. It is a najor public health problem exeosinc people to yet another cumulative dose daily.

As a guardian Tsupposedly) of the public's health, ATSDR liUST INTS37ERE and nahe sure requests in this petition to H30 are honored and inplemented. Zero exposure to radiatio:

from all nan-made/ induced activities is a must. Not much can be done about naturally occurring background radiation to which we are all exposed and which in turn causes us hec 1th problems, aging etc. but the afdrementioned extra exposure can be eliminated to a great extent.

You are strongly urged to support this petition. US nuclear guidelines are generally adopted /followed worldwiide, so the stupidity on this issue has already spread because press and public generally bought into all the hogwash and believed they were protected and asked few questions. Above and below ground (which vents) nuclear testing by the l'E Rt saia, China, Britain, France end others have saturated much of the earth with fallout, causing approx. 6 million cancer deaths worldwide by 1963 (when aboveground tests stopped which would not have otherwise occu red according to former soviet dissident nuclear scientist Andrei Sakarov. Hillions more have died since. We do not need any additional ,

exposure. Remember, radiation is unsafe at any level.

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Please make three copies of (both pages) your completed petition, mail to:

1. The Executive Director, US HRC, Washington, DC 20555-0001

2. Petitioned Health Assessaent Co-ordinator, John Steward, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,1630 Clifton Rd.N.E. (Fe-28), Atlanta, Georgin 30333

3. Pamela Blockey-@Brien, (I.F.0.3.), c/o D23 Golden Valley, Douglasville, Georgia 301.

Thank you for your support.

(Please copy both pages of this petition before signing and ncil out to friends, groups e

put on the Internet, fa: it out. Suggested reading "!!O Ii3'3DIATE DANGER -procnosis fo. >

a radioactive earth" by Dr. Josalie Berte11)