ML061730427

Comment (6) of Jonathan Von Ranson Opposing the Environmental Scoping Process for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station License Renewal Application

ML061730427
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	06/14/2006
From:	Vonranson J Bear Mountain Stonemasonry
To:	NRC/ADM/DAS/RDB
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71FR20733 00006
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______ age 1 ML 06I SO 1 -12.l From: Jonathan von Ranson <commonfarm@crocker.com>

To: <VermontYankeeEIS@nrc.gov>

Date: Wed, Jun 14, 2006 3:21 PM

Subject:

Vermont Yankee plant relicensing

,,'/c,// To reviewers at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission:

Living within about 14 miles of a nuclear plant weighs on the minds of ' / .people, and my friends and neighbors virtually unanimously feel a strain whenever they think about Vermont Yankee. I am in both the construction trades and farming, self-employed in both fields, and as a contractor, dealing with others in that line of work, I have seen how strongly many people in construction feel an aversion to the Vernon, Vt., area because of uneasiness about the nuclear plant. I have heard builders voice scruples against building spec housing in that area.They wouldn't want to live there themselves and don't feel right about selling a family a house so close to the potential danger of meltdown, F_or the actual, ongoing radiation health hazard from the plant's -_71 cf operation.

The town of Vernon remains quite sparsely populated despite )taxes being low, and I believe appropriate concern about the nuclear -IJ: power plant explains why.The effects of worry don't cease at the town boundary, either-by F t_harming the peace of mind, they negatively influence the choices of ,_home buyers, adders-on and renovators, and of businesses looking to relocate in a radius of easily a dozen or perhaps 20 miles.As an organic farmer with livestock and vegetable crops, I consider the radiation emissions from the plant's operation to be one more degrading influence in the environment, added to a number of others, that affects both crop plants and livestock raised in this area. It is difficult to quantify but I am confident from reading about the experiences of farmers in the area of this plant and others that the radiation stressor exists.For these reasons, I strongly oppose the relicensing of the Vernon nuclear plant beyond 2012. I am willing to use less electricity if the license extension is denied, and to pay more for it.Yours truly, Jonathan von Ranson, Bear Mountain Stonemasonry-and-The Commonfarm 6 Lockes Village Rd.Wendell MA 01379 978 544-3758 c:\temp\GW}00001.TMP Page 1 Mail Envelope Properties (44906198.EE9 : 19 : 52969)

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Vermont Yankee plant relicensing Creation DateWed, Jun 14, 2006 3:12 PM From: Jonathan von Ranson <commonfarm@crocker.com

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