ML18213A422
| ML18213A422 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 07/30/2018 |
| From: | Mcgee-Absten V 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: ML18213A422 (4) | |
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Attachment D 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 VICKI MCGEE-ABSTEN I, Vicki McGee-Absten, declare as follows:
- 1. I am a resident of Key Largo, Florida. I rent a house from my father at 980 Oleander Rd and have resided at this house with my two sons since 2013.
- 2. I am currently a member of Friends of the Earth (FoE). As a resident of Floridas Monroe 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 35 miles from Turkey Point. I am a marine bioogist that works in the Florida Bay. As a biologist I rely on the health and vitality of our local waters for employment.
- 5. An accident at Turkey Point would mean that my family could not live and work in Key Largo, temporarily or permanently depending on the severity of the contamination. My children could not attend school. We would be forced to evacuate.
- 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 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-will be adversely affected in the event of an earthquake and subsequent release or threatened release of radioactivity at Turkey Point.
- 10. I am a native Floridian and have enjoyed the local waters my entire life (50 years) and have watched the reef deteriorate over my life time due to climate change, global warming coral bleaching and pollution run off. I am concerned about reports of heightened tritium from Turkey Point in our local waters, including our fragile drinking water that comes from the Biscayne aquifer. Continued operation of the Turkey Point reactors will only increase these contamination problems and threaten my use and enjoyment of the environment. An accident at Turkey Point would destroy my ability to continue recreational activities in this area, as well as threaten my drinking water supply.
- 11. Monroe County has a very real threat to 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 Monroe County and would be severely impacted if not completely destroyed in the event of an accident at Turkey Point.
- 12. 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 my interest in using and protecting the
environment around Turkey Point. South Florida needs to be at the fore front of global warming and sea level rise. Alternative energy sources especially in such environmentally sensitive areas are a must.
13.1 authorize FoE to petition to intervene in this proceeding on my behalf. 1 authorize FoE to represent my interests in any hearing on the license renewal request.
- 14. 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 July 30, in 2018.
LU<r Vicki McGee-Absten