ML18228A087

Letter Petition to Stop Government from Building Another Nuclear Power Plant Near Turkey Point

ML18228A087
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Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	03/02/1976
From:	Fascell D US HR (House of Representatives)
To:	Office of Congressional Affairs
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Dear Sir:

Enclosed, for your information and consideration, is a copy of a petition which has come to me from my constituents.

Xt concerns the proposed nuclear power plant at Turkey Point in Dade County, Plorida.

I believe you will find the petition to be self-explanatory.

P I would appreciate having any comments that you may wish to make concerning the points raised in the petition.

Thank you for your attention.

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I!e do not feel that the benefits of today's Yuclear Power technology even begin to jvst-ify the risks".

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today nucleai power plants are less thermally ef'ficient than fossil fuel plants.

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(heat) is addod to bodies of wa.er, thus add'ing heat burdens on

'akes and streams, receiviiig dischai ged cooling water destroying ii)e in t!ie lakes and str="ar)s.

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Go,.man o man, aI)d Dr. Arthur R.

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))iaximu))) allot))e)lt of radiation permitted under AEC Gui de'; in.s, from cancer and tI!ei e would be sove 3?,000 additional deat!is annually leukemia.

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Radiation exposure of people involved. in the mining of uranium, the primary fuel for nuclear fission power plants.

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miners inhale radioactive dust and become susceptible to lung cancer. (dust control, respirators, automated mining can provide substantial protection for the miners.)

The possible contamination of the environment by large amounts of highly radioactive wastes, which must be flawlessly contained in storage for many gears if such contamination i" to be avoided.

In 1973 alone, 150,000 gallons escaped through 1 eaks.

The chance that a catastropic accident, might release the enormous inventory of 'h ghly radioactive materials in a reactor coi e.

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