ML12258A421
| ML12258A421 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 09/12/2012 |
| From: | Osberg S - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | NRC/SECY/RAS |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01, RAS E-934 | |
| Download: ML12258A421 (1) | |
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Susan Osberg [susanosberg@mac.com]
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:17 PM Docket, Hearing Susan Osberg
Dear NRC,
I live in Beacon, NY and lived in NYC.
I am writing to urge you NOT to re-liscence Indian Point. It threatens safety of people -
20 million people should an accident occur. There is not emergency planning, no matter how meager, that will be adequate should an accident occur.
The plant is old. If it is refitted it still stresses a plant that is located on two faults and a natural gas line. It is all ready leaking, effecting fish, the environment and cancer rates in the vicinity. The Radiation and Public Health Project found elevated rates of cancer (especially thyroid, breast and prostate cancer) in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and Orange County. In other cancers the people living closest to the reactor have elevated rates of 19 out of 20 types of cancer and the rate is 56.1% higher than the nation over 15 years time.
Cancer is a dread disease.
We should stop sweeping these facts under the rug when we talk about energy. In the aftermath of Fukishima, it is time to wake up our know how to do something else. There are other solutions that we continue to avoid. Indian Point is 40 years old, has a history of leaking, hosts a pool of spent fuel rods that are not going anywhere and are unprotected, so it seems that though profits promise total control and total repair, it's too big a risk to take for the environment, the health and well being of 20 million people, and the high risk for people living in the area.
I urge you to do what's right and close this plant down.
Susan Osberg DOCKETED USNRC September 13, 2012 (8:00 a.m.)
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