ML18213A423
| ML18213A423 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 07/31/2018 |
| From: | Wynn P 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: ML18213A423 (4) | |
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Attachment E BEFORE THE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of
)
) Docket No. 50-250
) Docket No.
50-251 (Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant. Units 3 and 4 (Subsequent License Renewal Application)
DECLARATION I, Patricia J. Wynn, declare as follows:
- 1. I am a resident of Miami, Florida. I own a house at 1 1781 SW 91st Terrace and have resided at this house with my husband since 1982. Currently only my husband I reside at this address.
- 2. I am currently a member of Friends of the Earth ("FoE"), and have been a member since 2018. As a resident of Florida's Miami-Dade county, I am particularly interested in and support FoE's 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 20 miles from Turkey Point. I am a real estate broker specializing in commercial property leasing and management. My husband is a web-site designer and musician.
- 5. 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 ourselves as well as our neighbors, which would ultimately impact 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 we live.
- 6. My personal health and safety and that of my husband's 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.
- 7. Turkey Point's 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 young developing children, which are at greater risk for radiation-related health problems than adults.
- 8. The value of my home - a three-bedroom, three-bath townhome with surrounding green space, gardens and a shed - will be adversely affected in the event of an earthquake and subsequent release or threatened release of radioactivity at Turkey Point. The value of my business and my husband's will be adversely affected in the event of a flood or accident or threatened release of radioactivity from Turkey Point because the local market will have changed for the commercial real estate industry.
- 9. I have been an avid windsurfer since 1978 and have regularly windsurfed waters near Turkey Point since 1993, over 20 years. I am 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.
- 10. 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.
1 1 . 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.
12.1 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.
13.1 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 31, 2018 , in Miami-Dade County .
IC4QS PatriciayJ. Wynn 1 1781 SW 91st Terrace, Miami, FL 33186