ML18025A476
| ML18025A476 | |
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| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 07/31/1978 |
| From: | Shortz S - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML18025A476 (7) | |
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Mrs. Stanley Shortz RFD gl Box 246 Berwick, Penna 18603 July 31,. 1978 Nuclear Re>~story Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Gentlemen:
This letter ia in response to an article which appeared. in our local newspaper, THE BERNICE ENTERPRISE, Tuesday, July 25, 1978 and concerns an environmental report submi.tted. by PP8cL to your commission. This article is en-closed for your observation.
The. item states that of the things "considered" in the report,. "even the reaction of -our neighbors to the "sound. of construction" was included..
We, local residents, who-unfor-tunately live within close proximity to the plaut site,, have never been; "considered" in. any phase of the construction of the local. nuclear plant~we have not been treated aa neigh-bors" in any sense. of, the word. Our land, borders the switching station area of the plant. site to. the south and west and. our home in which we reside is within 425'f the SW corner of this area A part, of'his switching station ia located. on a 13.48 acre. parcel. of land: that: was acquired'rom. us: by PP8cL's use of eminent domaine.. This acquisition was only resolved after we were forced. through the: entire process of eminent.
domaine and. the end. court trial.
Ne. have never been. consulted. personally at any time PP8cL's energies on our behalf have all been expended. in the areas-of.".experts" to refute any of our complaints
. During this time of construction,,
our many complaints have fallen on deaf ears a~4 We have not been priviliged to read, the report submitted by PP8cL to-your commission, but. we do think our opinion of the~~',
noise during the period, of'onstruction should he: conaidered.
Pirst and.-foremost,.
was the noise which accompanied.
the blast- ~.
ing which began in January of 1974 and. was the heavieat during '.g that year.. At that time the site for the buildings was. being prepared far construction.
The hill that had been there was bulldozed,.~d blasted, level. Holes to house the reactors were then blasted to a depth of 70'nto the solid rock formation which underli,es this entire ares.
iYiany of the local homes ait on this formation. This was a period of extreme anxiety, frus-tration. and helplessness as we saw our homes being systemati-cally destroyed This situation has led to a class action suit by the people in this area against
- PP8cL, who deniea any liabi-lity in the case.
This will also be resolved by a court trial.
Let me quote from my daily log my personal reaction to one of 7Saoopi45
the particularly hard and, loud blasts that occurred on. June 7,. 1974 at approximately 4:45 PM. The family was sitting at the dinner. table eating the evening meal when the loud blast occured.
Zor some unexplained reason we had not heard the warning whistles, so the noise took us by complete surprise.
"VIe~a11 ~ran'out of the house to see what had happened.
Xt looked. like a bomb had dropped.
The dirt and dust had gone.
up in a large area and hung there for some time before sett-ling dawn again".
These blasts occurred. up to six times= a day from January of 1974 into November of that year.
Occassional blasting.-is still being carried on.
The effect of that blast-ing on the lives of the people living in this area can never be resolved..
Besides the damages to bur homes there has also been damage to.the water supply.
The water has been contamin-ated and several families have had. to resort to carrying drink-ing water
. Three of these residents had, been in our class action suit,. but they are now deceased.
These people were not in good. Xealth and the local situation was. extremely. aggrava-ting to them and. could have been a contributing factor to their demise.
The. ruise of the blasts had. a definite effect on. the animal life: around, here.
Our dog, in particular, came to associate the. warning whistles with the blasts that he was extremely afraid. of Our cattle as a body would..jump when they heard the noise of the blasts and. the birds would scatter in.
all. directions e
.I. am vrondering if. the siren. that. was used on the plant site-to= signal the start and ends of the shifts and. was cycled around the clock and. on weekends even when there was no.one working was mentione'd in the report'? This siren sounded similar to our 3.ocal fire siren, so you can imagine the confusion this caused. Mr the volunteer.firemen who lived.. within c1ose-proxi-mity -to the plant site. Zf the siren woke them. from. a.sound sleep it was difficult to immediately ascertain if the sound was the sirenat the plant site or a call far help fzom the local fire company.,
The siren had a definite effect on our ability to-sleep and was annoying to say the least.
]luring the summer of 1974 the initial stages of. prepar-ing the switching station were begun.
Zerge pans, double bull-dozers and graders were used and. the noise from this activity was louder than could be imagined,.
Pie could, sit on our front porch and if the telephone ra@gin the next room, it was imposs-ible to hear its ring. Any conversation outside had. to be yelled.
in order to hear what was being said.
Some of this area was filled to,an approximate depth of 20',
so it did take a con-siderable length of time to complete.
The sounds of the loud. speakers, trucks and other equip-ment.=;have ~all >become a part of our life, but there were several 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> concrete pours that were very annoying.
One in particular used a horn similar to a car horn to signal the pouring process and this continued throughout the night.
This area that PP8cL has chosen for their nuclear power plant site had been a very beautiful, peaceful and tranquil area for the many peopl~
who resided. here. It is no longer that wonderful place to live. It haa been replaced by the sights of construction over a wide area in and. around, the plant site and the hills and. mountains are scarred by the paths that are being cut for the many power lines that will be a part of the plant.
Many of the local residents have had to move to make way for the construction.
The over all. effect of the plant on the loca1 area has been great.
The -heavy traffic from the plant site makes it almost impossible to gain access to the highway during the changing,.oX. the shifts there.
Very few loca1 people-aze employed. at. the plant site, so tpe big wages being pai.L there is going tn people who have moved into this area.
This has caused.
an increase in the price we. local citizens have to pay for ~sing, food:, etc
,, while the loca1 wages, have not increased. to compensate for-this price increase-..
The influx
...;of;,workers.,haa.gut a,<burden,;on, our,loca1. facilities.and,,I am. wondering what the over all 'effe'c't'"w'ill be on 'the local community.when. the-work, is completeL on the. plant site. and the-workers exit, the community..
According to a prospectus put out by. PPEcL and, datsL March 1977~: in 1975 31$ of PP8cL's. total electric. energy available was solL to other utilities.. In. 1976 29$ waa sold.
With mora power, being generateL. by PP8cL's plant expansion I am. wondering where the power is going that. will be generated at this nuplear. power plant It is sad to think this area has been ruined. for the sake. of'elling power; to someone else.,
However, ~ long as power companies are allowed to record power salea aa Operating Expenses insteaL of Revenue this, sort of'hing wi11. continue Last hut. not least, I am concerned.
about an article that a'ppeared. in the local paper concerning security, at the plant site when. She plant goes. into operation. After reading, the report I am wondering who is going to pr.otect us from this security-According to-the article,. the fence encircling the plant sita will be electrified, guard dogs will roam inside the fence and. the guards will be equipped with, machine guns The guards will aak questions only once before action ia.
taken.
Our land borders this hazard area for 1122'.
Need I say more'?
A concerned. citizen,
'rs.
Stanley Shortz EQC 1
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. B~fck'Eriter rls'e, Tuesday, JulY >
, PPSI,sgbmas eavironmenf report-The environmental report on the A numberof independent consultants Pennsylvania Power and Light Co.'s were enlisted teaid PP&L in preparing nuclear power plant at Bell Bend was the application, Curtis says.
He said
'ubmitted to the Nuclear Regulatory
-Dames and Moore provided studies in Commission (NRC) last week, and the the geological sciences and final safety analysis report. for the demography, or population changes plant willbe submitted around the end-az.d altitude attitudes.
of July, according to Tora.KIniry,'echtel'ower Corp the-. plant
. PP&L's. general:
manager for this contractor, provided plant design region.
descriptions and an evaluation of. fhe impact of the operating plant.
PP&L has s&mitted drafts of-each Radtationi~onitoring Corp. is engaged report to the iVRC; the 12-volume in a
long-term measurement of
~e y ana ys s in APrQ, and the three background radfgtion, againsr which vo'environmentalrePort in May.
radiation, ~from,the,>plant can, -.be After. a p'reiimlnary'review, the 'NRC accepte4 the safety analysis-. report pp&Lh'dthe)oh of~~thtg various consultants'. work and supplied vironmental rePort was. also.accePtect Information on operation of the plant, withno major modifications.
the. need for future electrical power, The NRC will'ow spend several:
and.
other aspects.
of the plant's months studyhtg the final documents,"
operation.
prior to issuance of the plant.'s "Huntlreds, of items. are considered.
operating permit, said Klniry; ';
in these reports," said~ "They Norman; Qt; =Curtis.
PP&L'. vice'.
Include the plant's impact on em-p'resident - engineering and:
con-ployment; housing;
- taxes, zoning,.
struction, notes, that'the-voluminous.
agriculture, recreation, tran-
. -- reports, which together. make.up-the sportation;.water, air, plants, animals, company's.
operating.
license ap-
.soII;andeventhereactfonofourneigh-
. plication, were begun In i978 "This boistothesoundofconstruction."
.paperworkrepresentsmorethane0,000 The NRC will furnish a copy of the
'ersonhourswithabout35,009.hoursof reports to the Osterhout Library in that spent by PP&Lpeople," explained WQkes-Barre forpublic convenience in Curtis.
reading the documents..
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