ML18213A424
| ML18213A424 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 07/31/2018 |
| From: | Fried J 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: ML18213A424 (4) | |
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Attachment F BEFORE THE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )
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) Docket No.
) Docket No.
(Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant. Units 3 and 4 )
(Subsequent License Renewal Application)
DECLARATION OF JONATHAN LESTER FRIED I, Jonathan Lester Fried, declare as follows:
- 1. I am a resident of Homestead, Florida. I own a house at715 NW 9th Court and have resided at this house since 2002.
- 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 l2 miles from Turkey Point. I am the executive director of WeCount!,
Inc., a non-profltt organization in Homestead. My workplace is about 1l miles from Turkey Point.
- 5. I am concerned that an accident at Turkey Point would mean the community where I reside and work would longer be able a viable place to live for myself and my friends and neighbors.
- 6. I am concerned that the continued operation of Turkey Point for an additional20 yearc beyond the term of its original license and the additional 20 year relicense renewal period will jeopardize my health and safety, and that of my friends and neighbors. I am also
concemed 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 that of my neighbors and friends 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 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.
- 9. The value of my home - a three-bedroom, two-bath house with surrounding green space, garden, and shed - will be adversely affected in the event of an earthquake and subsequent release or threatened release of radioactivity at Turkey Point.
- 10. One of the joys of living in South Miami-Dade County is the enjoyment of the beautiful natural environment. I am concemed 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.
- 11. The whole of Miami-Dade County surrounding Turkey Point would be financially ruined following any disaster at the plant, not to mention that my health and safety, and that of my friends 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 ofan accident at Turkey Point.
- 12. Agriculture is another leading economic force in our county. The integrity of agricultural land would certainly be spoiled by an accident at Turkey Point. Many of the members of the organization where I work are farm and plant nursery workers. Their livelihood would disappear in the event of an accident at Turkey Point.
- 13. The continued operation of Turkey Point for an additional20 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 market value of my
home, my livelihoodo and my interest in using and protecting the environment around Turkey Point.
- 14. I 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. I 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.
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