ML12258A026
| ML12258A026 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 09/09/2012 |
| From: | - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | NRC/SECY/RAS |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01, RAS E-784 | |
| Download: ML12258A026 (1) | |
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Docket, Hearing E/2
-'10qgY From:
Ioreneif@aol.com Sent:
Sunday, September 09, 2012 8:57 AM To:
Docket, Hearing
Subject:
CLOSE INDIAN POINT
- Hello, PLEASE SHUT DOWN INDIAN POINT!!!
We live within the 10 mile range and we never ever hear the sirens. Despite what Indian Point tells us. We have complained to Westchester government offices and nothing has been done to change it. If we did hear the sirens the evacuation plan is insane!!!! We are expected to stand on our corner with our suitcases and WAIT FOR A BUS to take us to a local high school. Do you have any idea what these local roads will be like??? No cars, let alone a bus making stops on every corner will function as planned. These roads will turn into death zones with everyone panicked and wanting out of here. The little emergency boxes that Indian Point sent us are useless. We can never hear them go off if we are anywhere not within 30 feet of it. They are in our kitchen (the lowest floor) in our 3 story home. Our cat might hear it.. that's about it.
So it is an "unworkable" evacuation plan. After extensive study, James Lee Witt, the former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, flatly declared Indian Point's evacuation plans "unworkable." What's more, the evacuation plans cover just a 10-mile radius around the plant, when fallout could easily spread 50 miles or more.More than 1,500 tons of radioactive waste stored in unfortified containers on the banks of the Hudson River at Indian Point. If the two nuclear reactors operate for another 20 years, Entergy would add another 1,000 tons of nuclear waste to containers New York State has described as "vulnerable to attack." What's more, carcinogenic radioisotopes from the plants have been leaking into the Hudson River since at least the early 1990s.
More than 1 billion dead fish and other organisms, killed by Indian Point's cooling water intakes every year. Indian Point uses more than 2.5 billion gallons of water per day, sucking river life in with the water. Clean water laws require the use of the best available technology to reduce the environmental damage, but Indian Point's owners have refused - for decades - to upgrade to modem technology. The slaughter helps explain why 10 of 13 signature Hudson River species are in decline.
More than 20 million Americans at risk. A disaster here on the scale of the meltdown at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant would endanger millions in and around New York City and the Hudson Valley. The economy of the country, and indeed the world, could be shaken by such a catastrophe.
We don't need Indian Point's power. A 2011 study commissioned by Riverkeeper and NRDC found that without Indian Point, the region would have a surplus of power through 2020, and could replace Indian Point many times over with investments in renewable energy, efficiency and transmission. The cost would be as little as $1-$5 per month for the typical homeowner.
DOCKETED USNRC September 10, 2012 (8:15 a.m.)
OFFICE OF SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND ADJUDICATIONS STAFF
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