Re: Why study baby teeth?

["Patricia Milligan" <PXM@nrc.gov>]

Norm,
  you said  "  Oyster Creek, which has one of the highest rates of radiation emmissions over its lifetime," and yet you don't state a reference or what you are comparing it to or even what you mean when you say "one of the highest rates of radiation emmissions"  Oyster Creek in fact has a low rate of releases of radioactive effluent and since 1980 (not exactly sure of that date but it was right around then) has been committed to being a "zero liquid discharge" plant, which means that liquid effluents  were processed and shipped for burial.    There have been a few  ( and I can only think of 3 or 4 but there may have been a few more)  unplanned liquid discharges of the most minor consequences and well below regulatory release limits.   The gaseous effluents have also been quite low.  I know this for a fact because for 13 years I worked at Oyster Creek Nuclear Station and one of my job responsibilities was the Reg Guide 1.21 Annual Effluent Report.  The doses to the public from the effluent discharges at Oyster Creek  were  mere fractions of the  EPA limits.  The Annual Effluent reports, which detail doses, radionuclide releases (quantities as well as isotopes released), wastes shipped offsite,  as well as abnormal releases are on the public docket and available for your review. 
          Patricia A. Milligan

THese are only my opinions and not the opinons of my employer.



Patricia A Milligan, CHP
pxm@nrc.gov
301-415-2223

>>> norco@bellatlantic.net 08/10 11:52 AM >>>
Hi Ted,

Having been off this list till recently due to technical difficulties, I've
forgotten that I better be darn precise in my wording with you guys and gals!  ;)

So, let me re-phrase what I wrote. The NJ Department of Health and the NJDEP are
continuing to conduct studies to determine why there is such a high rate of cancer
in the Toms River area. Edith would be more familiar with the
exact nature of these studies. From what I've read in the newspapers, suspected
culprits include Ciba-Geigy and other chemical manufactures. Radon in wells could
also be a contributing factor.

The hypothesis of the TFP is not that continued exposure to low level radiation
casues cancer, but that this exposure
weakens the immune system and thus allows toxins in the environment, like cancer
causing chemicals, to have a stronger impact. Oyster Creek, which has one of the
highest rates of radiation emmissions over its lifetime, would seem to be an perfect
place to test this theory.

Much of this was batted back and forth during discussion of the "Mangano Report" a
few months ago.

peace
norm


Ted de Castro wrote:

> Norman & Karen Cohen wrote:
> > The question we are trying to answer with
> > the TFP is - to what degree did the low level radiation emitted and leaked by
> > Oyster Creek Nuke contribute to these clusters, especially in combination with
> > the chemical pollution from Ciba-Geigy and other chemical companies. -
> >
> In other words:
>
> You've already decided the all causes (since of course there MUST be a
> cause) BEFORE the study was started.  The only purpose of the study is
> to apportion the blame.
>
> No one said there were NOT clusters - what IS being said is clusters are
> simply an expected and natural consequence of ANY non-ordered
> distribution.
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