ML18213A420
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| ML18213A420 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 06/29/2018 |
| From: | Feuer A Friends of the Earth |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| SECY RAS | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18213A417 | List: |
| References | |
| License Renewal, RAS 54382, 50-250-SLR, 50-251-SLR | |
| Download: ML18213A420 (5) | |
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Attachment B BEFORE THE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
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In the Matter of )
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) Docket No. 50-250
) Docket No. 50-251 (Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant, Units 3 and 4 )
(Subsequent License Renewal Application)
DECLARATION OF Anne Hemingway Feuer I, Anne Hemingway Feuer, declare as follows:
- 1. I am a resident of Cutler Bay, Florida. I own a house at 18661 Belview Drive Lane and have resided at this house with my wife since May, 1991. We raised two daughters in this home, though currently only my husband Bill and I reside at 18661 Belview Drive.
- 2. I am currently a member of Friends of the Earth (FoE), and have been a member since 1979. As a resident of Floridas Miami-Dade county, I am particularly interested in and
support FoEs work related to Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) and their Turkey Point Power Plant (Turkey Point) reactors.
- 3. Among its missions, FoE seeks to ensure that the public has an opportunity to influence the outcome of governmental and corporate decisions that affect the lives of many people, including myself.
- 4. My home is about 5 miles from Turkey Point. I am an RN Care Manager for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, gardener and a glass/clay artist in my spare time
- 5. I live with my husband Bill Feuer, who does Biostatistics for the University of Miami Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and enjoys playing guitar and creating music in his spare time. We both enjoy working from home at least half time on our computer based home offices. An accicident at Turkey Point would mean that we would no longer be able to enjoy fresh avocados, mangoes, carambolas, bananas, tomatoes and pineapples that grow in our yard as the prevailing wind blows straight off the ocean from Turkey Point. We would no longer be able to live where we do, as that same wind hits our home at 18661 Belview Drive, Cutler Bay.
- 6. I am concerned that the continued operation of Turkey Point for an additional 20 years beyond the term of its original license and the additional 20 year relicense renewal period will jeopardize the health and safety of my family and myself and the value of our property. I am also concerned that the operation of Turkey Point will have an adverse effect on the health of the environment in which I live.
- 7. My personal health and safety and my familys personal health and safety will be seriously affected in the event that Turkey Point is damaged by sea level rise, storm surge, hurricanes or other accidents, causing a radiation leak from the plant.
- 8. Turkey Points operation without adequate assurance that its essential structures will continue to operate and that the plant can be safely shut down in the event of flooding or storm related power outages and damage poses a significant risk to my personal health and safety. I am particularly worried about the consequences that an accident at Turkey Point would cause for my daughter, as very young, developing children are at greater risk for radiation-related health problems than adults.
- 9. The value of my home - a three-bedroom, two-bath house with surrounding green space and gardens - will be adversely affected in the event of an earthquake/hurricane and subsequent release or threatened release of radioactivity at Turkey Point. The value of our home offices and creative space and our assets will be adversely affected in the event of a flood or accident or threatened release of radioactivity from Turkey Point because the local community will not want to purchase property with mature fruit trees and a garden near such a potential calamity.
- 10. My husband and I love to walk and bike out at Black Point Marina, and down in Everglades National Park. We are concerned about reports of heightened tritium from Turkey Point in our local waters. Continued operation of the Turkey Point reactors will only increase these contamination problems and threaten my use and enjoyment of the environment near the reactors and an accident at Turkey Point would destroy my ability to continue recreational activities in this area. We enjoy eating local seafood at Golden Rule and Captains Tavern, and would be very distressed if this was no longer an option due to radioactive contamination of local fish.
- 11. The whole of Miami-Dade County surrounding Turkey Point would be financially ruined following any disaster at the plant, not to mention that the health and safety of my family and neighbors would be in jeopardy. Tourism is the economic backbone of Miami-Dade County and would be severely impacted if not completely destroyed in the event of an accident at Turkey Point. Agriculture is another leading economic force in our county.
The integrity of agricultural land would certainly be spoiled by an accident at Turkey Point.
- 12. As a member of 350.com and Urban Paradise Guild and Awake Miami/Labor and Community Alliance of South Florida since 2015, Ive been involved in several efforts to protect and restore the coastal environment surrounding Turkey Point. I have supported Cleo Institutes work and Oceanas work to establish a Marine Sanctuary in Biscayne Bay, and I've been active in protesting contamination from Turkey Point.
- 13. The continued operation of Turkey Point for an additional 20 years without ensuring that the aging plant can withstand foreseeable accidents, natural disasters and climate change
impacts poses a significant risk to my personal health and safety, the health and safety of my family, the market value of my home and business, and my interest in using and protecting the environment around Turkey Point.
- 14. 1 authorize FoE to petition to intervene in this proceeding on my behalf. I authorize FoE to represent my interests in any hearing on the license renewal request.
- 15. 1 strongly support the petition to intervene filed by FoE with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding Turkey Point.
I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing information is true, accurate, and correct.
Executed on 29th June, in 201 8..
Anne Hemingway Feuer 18661 Belview Drive, Cutler Bay, FL 33157