ML090771338
| ML090771338 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 03/17/2009 |
| From: | Public Commenter Public Commenter |
| To: | Division of License Renewal |
| NRC/NRR/DLR | |
| References | |
| 73FR80440 | |
| Download: ML090771338 (3) | |
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1 IPRenewalCEmails From:
Alexis L. Starke 99 [Alexis.L.Starke.99@Alum.Dartmouth.ORG]
Sent:
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:43 PM
Subject:
Indian Point Alexis L. Starke 153 Hudson Terrace Piermont, NY 10968 845-359-2327 alexis.starke@alum.dartmouth.org
Dear NRC,
I am writing to you to as a resident of the Hudson Valley to comment on the relicensing of Entergy's Indian Point. I am not a member of an interested union, nor am I financially dependent on Entergy in any way. Thus, there is no conflict of interest in my writing to you. I am writing to you because I am concerned about the health and safety of my community and of our fragile environment.
I understand that many have spoken out in favor of continuing to operate this old and decaying power plant because they are afraid of losing their jobs. I understand that and I respect that. But you are under a moral obligation to look at the bigger picture.
I ask the NRC NOT to relicense Indian Point and to begin the much-anticipated process of closing it down immediately. Indian Point has damaged our environment and the Hudson River for long enough. There is nothing clean or green about this power plant. Entergy is interested in making as much money as cheaply as possible while the rest of us pay the price in damage to our health and environment. Entergy has launched huge glossy misleading advertisement campaigns to brainwash the public. They blackmail our communities with threats of no power and/or coal-fired powerplants. This is absurd.
Indian Point is guilty of the slaughter of billions of fish, eggs, and larvae as a result of their outdated cooling water intake system which uses billions of gallons of OUR Hudson River water daily.
Indian Point is responsible for the killing of shortnose and Atlantic sturgeon. Shortnose sturgeon are endangered species.
I am outraged at the continual leak of radioactive water from Indian Point into our ground water (ie our drinking water) and into the Hudson River (which incidentally, United Water New York is planning on treating as our drinking water directly downstream from Indian Point).
I am outraged about residual contamination caused by plumes of contaminated ground water that slowly leach toxic strontium 90 and cesium 137 into the river.
I am greatly concerned about the inefficient, unsustainable, and shamefully shoddy sorage of thousands of tons of highly toxic nuclear waste on the banks of the Hudson River. This is unacceptable.
I am highly concerned about the environmental costs of the whole life of a nuclear power plant-from the mining of materials to their ungoing disposal.
Finally, Indian Point is in a most densely populated residential area, a stone's throw from New York City. It is vulnerable to terrorist attacks and poses a threat of unimaginable disaster.
Indian Point is an environmental disaster for the Hudson Valley. NRC, I trust that you will close it down. It is time for us to start conserving energy.
2 Thank you for your time and interest and I trust that you will do the right thing.
Yours sincerely, Alexis L. Starke
Federal Register Notice:
73FR80440 Comment Number:
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